Adopted: June 9, 2014

M T W T F M T W T F
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4 5 6 7 8 2 3 4H 5H 6E/M Feb 4-5: Late Start - HS - Collaboration
11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 Feb 6 & 20: Early Release - ES/MS - Collaboration
18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20E/M Feb 16: No School - Presidents Day Holiday
Aug 26-29: Inservice Days for Teachers 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27
Sep 2: Inservice Day for Teachers 1 2 3 4 5 2 3 4H 5H 6E/M Mar 4-5: Late Start - HS - Collaboration
Sep 3:
First Day of School - Grades K-5, 6 & 9 8 9 10 11 12 9 10 11 12 13E Mar 6 & 20: Early Release - ES/MS - Collaboration
Sep 4:
First Day of School - Grades 7-8, 10-12 15 16 17H 18H 19E/M 16 17 18H 19H 20E/M Mar 13: No School - ES Only - Grading Day
Sep 17-18: Late Start - HS - Collaboration 22 23 24 25 26 23 24 25 26 27 Mar 18-19: Late Start - HS - Collaboration
Sep 19: Early Release - ES/MS - Collaboration 29 30 30 31 Mar 23-27: No School - Spring Break
Oct 3:
Early Release - EM/MS - Collaboration 1 2 3E/M 1 2 3E/M Apr 3 & 17: Early Release - ES/MS - Collaboration
Oct 10: No School - State Inservice Day 6 7 8 9 10 6 7 8 9 10M/H Apr 10: No School - MS/HS Only - Conf/Grading Day
Oct 22-23:
Late Start - HS - Collaboration 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15H 16H 17E/M Apr 15-16: Late Start - HS - Collaboration
Oct 24:
Early Release - ES/MS - Collaboration 20 21 22H 23H 24E/M 20 21 22 23 24
27 28 29 30 31 27 28 29 30
1E/M May 1 & 15: Early Release - ES/MS - Collaboration
Nov 6-7: No School - Conference Days 3 4 5 6 7 4 5 6 7 8 May 13-14: Late Start - HS - Collaboration
Nov 11: No School - Veterans Day Holiday 10 11 12 13 14 11 12 13H 14H 15E/M May 25: No School - Memorial Day Holiday
Nov 21: Early Release - ES/MS - Collaboration 17 18 19 20 21E/M 18 19 20 21 22
Nov 27-28: No School - Thanksgiving Holiday 24 25 26 27 28 25 26 27 28 29
Dec 5: No School - ES Only - Grading Day 1 2 3 4 5E 1 2 3 4 5 Jun 11: Last Day of School
Dec 10-11:
Late Start - HS - Collaboration 8 9 10H 11H 12E/M 8 9 10 11 12 Jun 12: Grading Day for Teachers
Dec 12: Early Release - ES/MS - Collaboration 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19
Dec 22-31: No School - Winter Break 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26
29 30 31 29 30
Jan 1: No School - New Years Holiday 1 2 No School Days First/Last Days of School
Jan 2: No School - Winter Break 5 6 7 8 9E/M
Jan 9 & 23: Early Release - ES/MS - Collaboration 12 13 14 15 16 Early Release (Elem/Mid)* E/M Staff On Site
Jan 19: No School - MLK Day Holiday
19 20 21 22 23E/M
Jan 29: No School - MS/HS Only - Grading Day 26 27 28 29M/H 30 Late Start (High)* H
Jan 30: No School Teacher Prep *See reverse for more explanation.
JANUARY 2015
Community Version, All Schools
2014-2015 DISTRICT CALENDAR
**This is the Springfield Public Schools district-wide calendar. For specific information pertaining to your school, please contact your school. SPS staff members should refer to their specific work schedule calendars for
details. In the event of budget limitations, the school board reserves the right to adjust the district's calendar.**
AUGUST 2014
SEPTEMBER 2014
OCTOBER 2014
NOVEMBER 2014
DECEMBER 2014
FEBRUARY 2015
MARCH 2015
APRIL 2015
MAY 2015
JUNE 2015
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Version 4
June 2014
ABOUT THE 20142015 CALENDAR
After much deliberation, the School Board adopted the attached 20142015 academic calendar based on recommendations from
District leadership. The 20142015 school year will be the first since 2008 that Springfield schools have no furlough days.

This calendar represents the best efforts of the District, in collaboration with staff associations, to strike a balance as it reinvests
its limited resources in ways that allow it to continue improving student achievement. It also represents what the School Board
believes to be best for the instructional program as a whole, working within current budget limitations.

EARLY RELEASE FOR GRADES K8
The District has once again designated a number of days for collaboration. Collaboration time allows staff to collaborate and plan
together the best ways to support individual students without requiring additional no-school days. This collaboration time is key to
allowing schools to build the networks of support that can help all students achieve our vision of Every Student a Graduate
Prepared for a Bright and Successful Future. Just as school start and end times are staggered at different levels to make buses
available, so are the early release times. This year, middle schools will be released first, in response to parent input.
All middle schools will be released at 12:15 p.m.
All elementary schools will be released at 1:00 p.m.
Students in grades 112 will be served lunch just as they are on a regular school day.
Kindergarten release time will be coordinated around other student release times to allow the buses to be available and to
provide enough core instruction time for students.
All morning kindergarten classes will be released at 10:15 a.m.
Afternoon kindergarten classes will start early, at 11:00 a.m., with release at 1:00 p.m.
Kinder Plus programs will run MondayThursday only.
LATE START FOR GRADES 912
This year, high schools will have their collaboration time in the morning as late starts to allow for easier scheduling and to
respond to parent, student and staff concerns about the effect of early release on Friday with current high school schedules.
Gateways, Springfield and Thurston high schools will start at 10:00 a.m. on late start days and end at the regular time.
Buses will run at the regular, earlier time, however, and students will be provided with a supervised space until school
begins at 10 a.m.
KEY DATES
School will start on Sept. 3 for grades K5, 6 and 9, and Sept. 4 for Grades 7, 8 and 1012. School ends on Thursday,
June 11, a full day.
Winter Break is Dec. 22Jan. 2. Spring Break is March 2327.
There are 175 student contact days, including early release/late start days for collaboration. This is an increase of 3
days from the 20132014 school year and a significant increase from our low of 166 days in 20122013.
All District elementary schools are on trimester grading systems, while all middle and high schools are on semester
calendars. This public calendar contains information relevant to both systems. Please note that our charter schools, A
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and Willamette Leadership Academy, have completely different calendars, which are available by contacting the schools.
Contact your childs school for more information or for any other questions about this calendar.
Transportation schedules will be available shortly after school registrations in August.