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[quote=Anonymous]In most school years starting in even years it's easy to anchor the 1st quarter to end right before election day but there is one fewer week then usual since the last Monday in August 2026 is the 31st and Election Day is it's 2nd earliest day November 3rd. This leaves 9 weeks instead of the usual 10. Since 2 weekdays are Labor Day and Indigenous People's Day there are precisely 43 weekdays in that stretch which would mean all 43 would have to be regular school days to meet that requirement when their is traditionally a Parent Teacher Conference day right before IP's Day and oftentimes a PD day adjacent to it.
Another challenge is the Juneteenth anchor to end the school year as there is 1 fewer week from the last Monday in August to Juneteenth then there is in 2025-26.
While people complained about half days having ONE isn't so bad if it's the last day of school. I wouldn't even request it annually only if the last day of school for students is either a Friday or a Thursday before a Friday holiday. Since Juneteenth is on a Saturday in 2027 it will be moved to Friday, June 18 just like it was in it's Federal Holiday debut in 2021.

The 2020-21 calendar appeared to end on Thursday, June 24 but there was a surplus of 4 days so they first moved the end back to Friday, June 18 and then when Juneteenth was signed into law school ended a day sooner (and some people's end of year parties were canceled as a result)![/quote]

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