There are 181 days scheduled for students and state laws required 5 days be built into the calendar as potential snow days. The 181^st day may be used as the first snow day without needing to be made up. An additional 4 days have been scheduled into the calendar in the event they are needed as snow days.

The 181^st day of school is June 18, 2007 and for planning purposes June 22, 2007 is the 185^th day if all 5 snow days are necessary.

MCAS Testing Schedule 2006-2007 Holiday Observances

Rosh Hashanah * 9/23-9/24

Yom Kippur * 10/2

Sukkot * 10/7

Ramadan ** Mid-October

Eid al-Fitr ** 10/24

Chanukah * 12/6

Kwanzaa 12/26

Eid al-Adha ** Jan/Feb

Ash Wednesday 2/21

Palm Sunday 4/1

Passover * 4/3-4/4, 4/9-4/10

Good Friday 4/6

Easter 4/8

Orthodox Easter 4/8

Shavuot * 5/23

* According to Mass. Lawyers Diary and Manual “In addition to dates noted, observant Jews celebrate the second, seventh and eighth days of Passover; the second, eighth and ninth days of Sukkot; and two days of Shavuot. All Jewish holidays begin at sundown, the evening prior to the day of the holiday”.

** Due to the lunar calendar these are only approximate dates.