Students and parents in Bruce Grey can breathe a sigh of relief.
The Bluewater public school board and the Bruce Grey Catholic Board have approved the calendar for next school year, and the first day of class will still be the Tuesday after Labour Day, September 8th.
The long weekend falls later than usual this year, and that originally meant student could have been back in school on September 2nd in order to get the required number of instructional days in.
The tourist industry has been concerned that a shorter summer vacation would have hurt business, while high school students were concerned they would lose time to make extra money at summer jobs.
Board Chair Jennifer Yenssen says it was a huge issue for high school students trying to earn money for a post-secondary education.
The week before Labour Day will now contain two Professional Activity Days and three designated holidays.
Yenssen say most teachers are already at school during the last week of holidays getting ready for the first day of classes.
Yenssen says teachers are usually in the mode of preparing for the school year by that time of the summer anyway and doesn’t believe P-A days before Labour Day is as much of an issue for them.