Schools
Sorry, Kids: Andover Will Have A Longer School Day
The changes take effect in the 2019-20 school year and will bring Andover in line with most other Massachusetts school districts.
ANDOVER, MA -- Andover Public School systems officials will add 15 minutes to the schoolday next year. Elementary school students will be dismissed at 3:15 pm and middle and high school students will be dismissed at 2:20 pm beginning in the 2019-20 school year. The move brings the Andover school schedule in line with many other public school systems in Massachusetts.
"We are excited about the potential this expanded day offers, and realize that it may require you to change after-school program arrangements," Superintendent Sheldon Berman said in a note to parents. The district has begun working the Andover Community Services Department to consider changes to after-school programs.
Andover is one of several Massachusetts communities considering later school start times for older students. Those discussions are ongoing and no changes to the school start time would be made in the 2019-20 school year, Berman said.
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