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After considering input and recommendations from the public, the Henrico School Board has adopted a final calendar for the 2021-22 school year. The adopted calendar seeks to accomplish a variety of ends, including a post-Labor-Day start; planning, clerical and professional learning time for teachers; and more opportunities to observe religious holidays in an increasingly diversifying community.
The Board had considered an option with a pre-Labor Day start, but in order to facilitate continuity during a time of great change, opted for a traditional start date instead. The Board will continue to consider a pre-Labor Day start for future school years, and coordinate with other school divisions in the Richmond area.
Creating the best calendar for a school year requires a great deal of coordination and communication. Thank you to everyone who participated in the process, including citizens who gave input and the HCPS calendar committee.
A month-by-month look at the 2021-22 calendar
July 2021
- July 5: Offices closed for Independence Day
- July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30: Offices closed
August 2021
- Aug. 6, 13, 20: Offices closed
- Aug. 23-27: New Teacher Academy
- Aug. 30-31: Teacher workweek, professional learning and clerical days
September 2021
- Sept. 1-3: Teacher workweek, professional learning and clerical days
- Sept. 6: Labor Day
- Sept. 8: First day of school
- Sept. 16: Yom Kippur – student holiday, teacher professional learning and clerical day
October 2021
November 2021
- Nov. 2: Student holiday, teacher clerical day
- Nov. 4: Diwali – student holiday, parent/guardian, student and teacher conferences
- Nov. 24-26: Thanksgiving holiday
December 2021
- Dec. 20-31: Winter Break (includes Christmas)
January 2022
- Jan: 3: Schools reopen following Winter Break
- Jan. 17: Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
- Jan. 26: Student half day, staff clerical day
February 2022
- Feb. 21: Student half day, staff professional learning day
April 2022
- April 1: Student half day, staff clerical day
- April 4-8: Spring Break
- April 18: Student holiday, teacher professional learning and clerical day (Easter is April 17)
May 2022
- May 3: Eid al-Fitr – student holiday, teacher professional learning and clerical day
- May 30: Memorial Day holiday
June 2022
- June 17: Last day of classes/last day for teachers – student half day, staff clerical day
- June 20: Juneteenth observance (tentative date)
- June 24: Offices closed
