This calendar also gives students the day off the Monday after Easter. The calendar committee has often asked for it, but in the past the district has not been able to give that day off due to the start of State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness testing, said Sonia Serrano, senior assistant superintendent for intermediate education.
The district has also been urged by the state to build in four bad weather days into the calendar, as opposed to the two days they typically build into the school year, Kelly said. The calendar also has students in class for 15 minutes less every day compared to the 2020-21 school year.
Here are important dates and holidays for the 2021-22 school year:
Aug. 18: first day of school
Sept. 6: Labor Day
Sept. 7: teacher in-service, no school for students
Oct. 11: teacher in-service, no school for students
Nov. 22-26: Thanksgiving break
Dec. 17: early release
Dec. 20-Jan. 5: Christmas break (Jan. 3-5 are teacher in-service days)
Jan. 17: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Feb. 21: teacher in-service, no school for students
March 14-18: spring break
April 15-18: Easter break
May 26: early release, last day of school
