School well into June is NOT due to snow days.
https://montclairlocal.news/2025/05/see-montclair-public-schools-2025-26-calendar/
The Montclair Board of Education has approved a 2025-26 school calendar that provides days off on most of the holidays that the district previously has but extends the academic year longer into June than is usual.
The extension of the school year is because none of those holidays fall on weekends as had happened in previous academic years, school officials said.
The first day of school for students is Sept. 4 and the last day of school is June 25, which is an abbreviated day for students and staff.
The calendar:
Sept. 1 – Labor Day, district closed
Sept. 2 – Staff Convocation
Sept. 3 – District professional development, building based professional development
Sept. 4 – First day of school for students
Sept. 23 – Rosh Hashana (first day) district closed
Sept. 24 – Rosh Hashana (second day) district open
Oct. 2 – Yom Kippur, district closed
Oct. 13 – Indigenous People’s Day/professional development schools closed for students
Oct. 20 – Diwali, district closed
Oct. 22 – Evening parent-teacher conferences, 6-12 Only/PD elementary, abbreviated day
Oct. 23 – Afternoon parent-teacher conferences, 6-12 only/PD elementary, abbreviated day
Nov. 4 – Election Day, professional development, schools closed
Nov. 6, 7 – NJEA Convention, district closed
Nov. 26 – Abbreviated day
Nov. 27, 28 – Thanksgiving, district closed
Dec. 3 – Evening parent-teacher conferences – elementary only/professional development 6-12, abbreviated day
Dec. 4 – Afternoon parent-teacher conferences – elementary only/PD 6-12 abbreviated day
Dec. 23 – District closed, after abbreviated day
Dec. 24, 25 – Christmas, district closed
Dec. 26-31 – Winter recess, schools closed
Jan. 1 – New Year’s Day, district closed
Jan. 2 – District closed
Jan. 5 – District reopens
Jan. 19 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, district closed
Jan. 22 – Curriculum meetings, abbreviated day
Feb. 16 – President’s Day, district closed
Feb. 17 – Lunar New Year, district closed
March 20 – Eid al-Fitr, district closed
March 25 – K-12 evening parent-teacher conferences, abbreviated day
March 26 – K-12 parent teacher conferences, abbreviated day
March 30, 31 Spring recess, schools closed
April 1, 2 – Spring recess, schools closed
April 3 – Good Friday, district closed
April 24 – Professional Development, abbreviated day
May 14 – Curriculum meetings, abbreviated day
May 25 – Memorial Day, district closed
June 2 – Election Day, staff professional development, schools closed
June 19 – Juneteenth, district closed
June 24 – Abbreviated day for students and staff
June 25 – Abbreviated day and last day for students and staff
The calendar shows 182 days of school for students. This meets the state-required 180 days of school and allows for two emergency/snow days.
My grammar school years are long behind and when school lasted till mid June it was because of snow days.
NYS is the same. School n ever started until after Labor Day.
Course, they could get out earlier in the early summer if they’d quit taking a day off about every two weeks for some *holiday* or *teacher training*. Then there’s a week for winter break and then a week for spring break.
Also, once into May, teaching pretty much ceases. Often there are parties and picnics and useless activities because the kids just kind of shut down when the nice weather happens.