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Setting the PPS calendar

How the district builds its school-year calendar.

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Calendar questions answered.

Pittsburgh Public Schools parents have asked a board member how to weigh in on the calendar. A committee of staff, parents, teachers, and a social worker drew up the draft. If the board approves the proposed 2026-2027 calendar, students won't get the Monday after Thanksgiving off. That day used to open deer season, but the state moved it this year.

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