Hurley School board approves 2019-20 school year calendar

HURLEY — The Hurley School board approved the 2019-20 school year calendar at its meeting Monday evening.

The first day of school will be Tuesday, Sept. 3. The last day of school is set for Friday, June 5.

Administrator Chris Patritto said the calendar calls for 177 days of school, adding the state doesn’t count days as much as it does hours.

The state prohibits starting school before Sept. 1. Patritto said they have applied for a waiver in the past but were denied with a hundred or more other schools.

He told the Daily Globe later that the state has a few reasons it will approve a wai...