Superintendent: NHPS’s School Year Fell Short By 1 Day

Seriously?? The administration makes so much money and they can't count?

No one making those 6 figure salaries and clickety clacking aroung the halls of Meadow St can count to 180??? Guess they can only count their own salaries and benefits.

Only in New Haven!

Obviously, this is just an administrative error and can be corrected by adding an extra day. However, with the math and literacy scores we see coming out of our public schools (not just NHPS - the entire country), I think we need to have a serious conversation about year-long school without summer breaks for many students until they are at a passing level.

Not at all surprising. Year after year the union and the administration conspire to provide new haven kids the minimum number of days of school, the minimum number of hours of school (and the maximum number of half days). They do it because the teachers have more political power than parents do. The State ought to put its foot down and eliminate the half days, at least.

Who is going to pay for year-long school. How about not having 58% of the students not chronically absent last year

Teachers definitely have no political power btw nor are they responsible for this mix up. Half days are still counted as full days, and they happen for very significant reasons whether that is a religious holiday that the majority of our students body celebrates, or it's for professional development to ensure teachers have the necessary tools to be successful.
Not surprised, but to be honest the senior class already graduated and it's not like you can call them all back for a day. I don't see how we could make it up from a prior year that's already done.

Justin Higgins, I agree with the concept of your post. I've always liked divergent ideas about modernizing the school calendar, adding more days, maybe adding more daily time, and dividing the year into trimesters. A trimester system divides the academic year into three sessions: fall, winter, and spring. Each trimester would be approximately 13-14 weeks long, 195-200 days total. I know many parents, teachers, and the unions (particularly the unions) would rail against this hard. But, public education in the USA, not just in New Haven, is in crisis mode and needs a change in delivering education - at the very least.

There are hundreds of Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade classrooms in New Haven that counted the days all year. I am certain that there were many that told administration about the problem but were ignored.

The school budget is $200 million a year, so about $1 million a day. Just saying!

Maybe the State should come in and take over the NHPS.

@NHPS Refugee EXACTLY!

What a disgrace. The super, the board of ed, the school board all should be fired and resign. How does this happen. What are you going to do, the seniors from last year guess what your not certified, so you didn't graduate. The leadership in New Haven needs to change. Yes that is the mayor and the alders. How does it take this long to figure this out. I just don't understand this. New Haven is either looking for a police chief , a superintendent, a fire chief. We are probably paying a couple of each still. Very poor on New Haven. New leadership is needed.