Montgomery School Calendar for 2016-17 Approved

Members of the Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education voted 6-2 Monday to adopt the 2016-2017 school year calendar, which included some changes from a previous draft.

The school year will begin on Monday, Aug. 29, 2016, and is scheduled to end on Friday, June 16, 2017.

According to a news release, “Based on concerns expressed about the earlier start of school on Wednesday, August 24, 2016, proposed in the second draft of the school year calendar submitted to the Board December 8, 2015, I have revised the recommended 2016-2017 calendar so that the first day of school again will be on Monday, August 29, 2016,” Interim Superintendent Larry Bowers said.

The new calendar takes into consideration the resolution adopted on November 10, 2015 for September 12, 2016 to be a professional day. The Board voted 6-to-2 in favor of moving a professional day in consideration of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha, Montgomery Community Media reports.

The school calendar is based on 184 instructional days for students (four more than the minimum required by the state of Maryland) and 193 duty days for teachers.

The board also adopted a contingency plan that would extend the school year until June 23, 2017, depending on how many days would be needed to make up for lost instructional time due to emergency closings.

• See the calendar
• Read the memo to the Board