The calendar for school years 2026-27 and 2027-28 was adopted by the Chicago Board of Education on Thursday, greenlighting a schedule that reflects the priorities and needs identified by Chicago ...

CPS classes for K-12 students in the 2026-27 academic year will begin Aug. 24 and end June 11. The following year, they’ll ...

After debate about when the first semester should end, the school board ultimately chose to adopt calendars in which the ...

Students will get more days off this summer after last year’s shortened break, but the academic quarter will not end before winter vacation, as some had hoped.

The Upper Grand District School Board approved  next year’s school calendars during its Feb. 24 board meeting without discussion.  The calendars will now be submitted to the Ministry of Education for ...

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Board members sent district officials back to revise proposed school calendars after raising concerns about post-winter break testing, student well-being and whether semesters should end before the ...

Chicago Public Schools students will now have a longer summer break, according to the district’s academic calendar that was finalized this week. Students in kindergarten through grade 12 can look ...

Leap Days and corresponding leap years only come around every so often. Is 2026 the year?

The school board had debated whether to tweak the calendar so that the first semester ended before winter break. But CPS officials said it wouldn’t be possible without other cuts, such as to the ...