Anchorage Schools Shift Calendar, Earlier Start

0:00Anchorage School Board just greenlit a big shift to the school calendar, pushing kids back to class almost a week earlier this fall. Students in grades 1-6-9 kick off on Thursday, August 13th, while grades 7-8-10-12 start Friday, August 14th. This tweet bumps up the total classroom days across the district. The move stems from a fresh contract with the Teachers Union that tax on three extra instructional days. A committee of staff and union folks figured adding them at the start keeps semesters and quarters balanced, avoiding messier end-of-year adjustments. Parents are heated about it since many locked in summer trips and plans based on the old calendar approved last September. The district gets the frustration but says options were slim once the deal was sealed. They notified families last Friday and owned up to the rough timing, straight from district spokesperson Corey Young. On the upside, this gives schools five full days for weather make-ups before needing to recoup lost time. The new set of blocks in for the next three school years, so families might want to double-check

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