{"id":807,"date":"2026-05-20T18:35:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=807"},"modified":"2026-05-20T18:35:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:35:21","slug":"pawtucket-will-extend-school-day-and-year-to-make-up-for-shortfall-in-learning-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=807","title":{"rendered":"Pawtucket will extend school day and year to make up for shortfall in learning time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. \u2014 The Pawtucket School Department will extend the school year at its elementary schools by nearly a week, and add 10 minutes to each day starting next week, to make up a shortfall in classroom time for students, the R.I. Department of Education said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pawtucket has been scrambling to solve the expensive mistake after the R.I. Department of Education discovered the elementary school day in Pawtucket was too short by five minutes per day.<\/span><\/p>\n

R.I. Education Commissioner Ang\u00e9lica Infante-Green has approved a plan to add 10 minutes to the school day starting May 26, and extend the school year to June 24 by adding five makeup days, according to a letter from Infante-Green to Superintendent Randy Buck. Lunch on the last day of school will be cut short by five minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Before the problem was discovered, the last day of school was expected to be June 18, including two makeup days for snow. (Had there been no weather-related cancellations, the last day of school was originally planned for June 16.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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