It's official: 2014-15 school year starts Sept. 2

The 2014-15 school year for all schools in the San Diego Unified School District begins Tuesday, Sept. 2, following the recommendation of Superintendent Cindy Marten and approval by the Board of Education at its meeting Tuesday evening.

Other highlights of the 180-day schedule:

• Winter break begins for both traditional and year-round schools on December 22, 2014;
• Spring break begins for both traditional and year-round schools on March 30, 2015;
• The last instructional day on the traditional calendar is Monday, June 15, 2015;
• The last instructional day on the year-round calendar is Tuesday, July 21, 2015.

Representatives of parent groups as well as employee bargaining units participate in the district Calendar Committee, along with district staff from Labor Relations, Payroll, Testing, Pupil Accounting, Transportation, Special Education, Summer Schools, Human Resource Services, and Communications.

Supt. Marten has asked that a plan be created that would transition all district schools to a common calendar in the 2015-16 school year or beyond. With this direction, a schedule of meetings with stakeholders will be established in the next several months. Meeting notices will be posted on the district's web page, calendar, school website district news sections and social media.

Download copies of the 2014-15 calendar

• Traditional schedule 
• Year-round schedule