Friday Early Release Information

Weekly Release School Calendar Impact and Schedule:

EVERY Friday throughout the school year, students will be released one hour early to provide teachers time to collaborate for student learning. This impacts EC (full-day and half-day afternoon) students through 12th grade students.

It is important to note that while implementing a weekly release reduces the number of full School Improvement (SI) days, it does not eliminate them completely as these extended professional development times are also important for student success. 

As a reminder, half-day morning Early Childhood students are not impacted by the early release. However, half-day afternoon and full-day EC classes will dismiss early.

Please note: School days during the 2023-2024 school year have been extended by 10 minutes to allow for more calendar flexibility. In addition, Lyon and Sweeny Elementary Schools will once again start each school day at 8:30 a.m., along with each of the other elementary buildings, and will dismiss at the same time as well. Read more about those changes here.

Monday through Thursday school hours will be the following:

  • EC: Class times vary, please refer to communication from EC regarding your student's schedule.

  • Lyon, McCulloch, Price, Schofield and Sweeny: 8:30 a.m. to 3:40 p.m.

  • RMS: 7:40 a.m. to 2:50 p.m.

  • RHS: 7:30 a.m. to 2:40 p.m.

On Friday Early Release days, start times will not change, but release times will be as follows:

  • EC (full-day and half-day afternoon), Lyon, McCulloch, Price, Schofield, Sweeny: 2:40 p.m.

  • RMS: 1:50 p.m.

  • RHS: 1:40 p.m. 

Background Information

Early Release FAQs