Calendar Update: Student Non-School Days Changing in March

During the January 17, 2024 Board of Education Meeting, board members approved a plan to adjust the schedule for student school days in March. This change comes in light of the upcoming presidential primary election. All six FHSD elementary school buildings are used as public polling sites during local, state and national elections. With that in mind, and after careful consideration with district leadership, Superintendent Hook recommended the change as an added precaution to ensure student safety on a day that the district anticipates its buildings will be visited by a large number of community members.

To be clear, the district has no reason to believe there is any specific safety concern related to the presidential primary election. Rather, this move is being done out of an abundance of caution and after feedback from community members related to last spring’s election day.

As a result, all students in Preschool through 12th grade will now be off on Monday, March 18 and Tuesday, March 19. Specific details are provided below.

Description of Calendar Changes - K-12

• The originally scheduled day off for students on Friday, March 15 is moving to Monday, March 18. Students will now report to school on Friday, March 15, and Monday will be a professional development day for staff members.
  Tuesday, March 19 has been added as a staff professional development day and is now a non-school day for students.
• This creates a four-day weekend for students from Saturday-Tuesday, with students returning to school on Wednesday, March 20.

Description of Calendar Changes - Preschool

• The FHSD Preschool Program remains closed on Friday, March 15 in line with the previous schedule.
• The originally scheduled day off for students on Thursday, March 21 is moving to Monday, March 18. Students will now report to school that Thursday and Monday will be a professional development day for staff members.
• Tuesday, March 19 has been added as a staff professional development day and is now a day off for students. This creates a four-day weekend for students from Saturday-Tuesday, with preschool students returning to school on Wednesday and Thursday, March 20 and 21.

You can view the updated K-12 academic calendars here: https://www.foresthills.edu/resources/calendars/ 

The interactive Google Calendars for FHSD and all individual schools have been updated to reflect these changes. You can view those calendars here: https://www.foresthills.edu/calendar/