CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Chicago Public Schools is asking parents and students to help decide the calendar for next school year.
CPS is offering two options: starting school on Aug. 29 and getting out for the summer on June 14 or a moving everything one week earlier - starting Aug. 22 and ending June 7.
The district reached out to principals to help come up with the options that parents and students have until next Friday, Feb. 18 to vote on.
“The new academic calendar will set the tone for the 2022-23 school year, so it is vital that our families play an active role in shaping it,” CPS CEO Pedro Martinez wrote in an email to families Thursday.
“These options both aim to start the year earlier, consolidate report card pick up, and continue to offer important staff professional development and collaboration time for our faculty and staff. We look forward to hearing from our families on these two calendar options.”
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Both schedules begin before Labor Day, have 176 days of instruction, hold no classes the week of Thanksgiving, and have the same winter and spring breaks.
Winter break will run Dec. 26 through Jan. 6, while spring break will be held April 3-7.
The earlier option follows many suburban districts that finish the first semester before winter break.
The district plans to present the final decision to the Board of Education in late March for approval.
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