Akron schools reopening plan

2024-25 School Calendar
of holidays and breaks

August 26, 2024
First Day for Teachers; no school for students

August 27, 2024
Instructional Improvement Day; no school for students

August 28, 2024
Instructional Improvement Day; no school for students

*August 29, 2024
First Day for Students in Grades 1-12 and Kindergarten Phase-In

August 30, 2024
Kindergarten Phase-In

September 2, 2024
Labor Day; schools and offices closed

*September 3, 2024
First Day for Students in Pre-K and Kindergarten

September 27, 2024
Instructional Improvement Day; no school for students

November 5, 2024
Election Day/Instructional Improvement Day; no school for students

November 27, 2024
Parent-Teacher Conferences; no school for students

November 28-29, 2024
Thanksgiving Break; schools and offices closed

December 23, 2024 - January 3, 2025
Winter Break; no school for students; office closures Dec. 24-25 and Dec. 31-Jan.1

January 17, 2025
Records Day/Citywide Inservice; no school for students

January 20, 2025
Martin Luther King Jr. Day; schools and offices closed

January 31, 2025
Instructional Improvement Day; no school for students

February 14, 2025
Parent-Teacher Conferences; no school for students

February 17, 2025
Presidents Day; schools and offices closed

April 18, 2025
Good Friday; schools and offices closed

April 21-25, 2025
Spring Break; no school for students

May 26, 2025
Memorial Day; schools and offices closed

*May 30, 2025
Last Day for Students in Grade 12

*June 5, 2025
Last Day for Students

June 6, 2025
Last Day for Teachers

*Exceptions to the First/Last Days of School

I Promise School

July 29, 2024
First Day for Students in Grades 3-8

May 16, 2025
Last Day for Students

Akron Early College High School

August 14, 2024
First Day for Students in Grade 9

August 15, 2024
First Day for Students in Grades 10-11

August 16, 2024
First Day for Students in Grade 12

May 8, 2025
Last Day for Students in Grade 12

May 16, 2025
Last Day for Students in Grades 9-11

STEM High School

August 14, 2024
First Day for Students in Grade 9

August 15, 2024
First Day for Students in Grades 10-11

August 16, 2024
First Day for Students in Grade 12

May 14, 2025
Last Day for Students in Grade 12

May 16, 2025
Last Day for Students in Grades 9-11

Contingency Dates

Alternative Calendar for the 2024-25 School Year

Should additional hours of instruction be required, an Alternate School Calendar is also put into place. For the 2024-25 school year, the proposed makeup days are as follows:

1st-6th Days - Friday, June 6, 2025, through the week of June 9, 2025
7th-10th Days - Week of June 16, 2025 (except June 29, 2025, which is a Board-approved holiday)
11th-15th Days - Week of March 31, 2025
16th-20th Days - Week of June 23, 2025

Calamity Days Alternative Make-Up Plan for the 2024-25 School Year

Should the planned calendar be interrupted by severe weather events or school closure due to lack of power, water or other declared public emergency, the Board puts into place alternative plans for the students to make up for loss of educational instruction and/or loss of required instructional time.

Pursuant to Sections 3317.01 and 3313.48 of the Ohio Revised Code and HB 416, Akron Public Schools must plan for Alternative Make-Up of Calamity Days by providing students a sufficient number of lessons for each course taught by the teacher with such lessons requiring, in the judgment of the teachers, an amount of time equal to or greater than the amount of instructional time the student would receive for three (3) school days in the teacher's classroom. These lesson plans are developed by the Teaching and Learning Department in collaboration with classroom teachers. Teachers designate the order in which the lessons are to be posted on the district's Web portal or website. Students shall be granted a two-week period from the date of the lesson plan posting to complete their work. Students not having access to online instructions will be able to complete the posted lessons at school after the reopening of school. Use of "Blizzard Bags," which are paper copies of online posted lessons, may also occur. This plan includes the written consent of the teachers' employee representative as designated under Division (B) of Section 4117.04, which his kept in the official file of the Board of Education.