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2023 – 2024 JC Public Schools Calendar

And tips for Public School Parents!

Click to access 2023-24districtcalendar_nophotos.pdf

  • Students get Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break, and Spring Break.
  • To parents that have recently switched their child from a private school to a Public School, I recommend looking through the entire calendar. Sometimes Public School students have teacher workshops and holidays that private schools may not close school for. 
  • It is also helpful to be familiar with the calendar for vacation planning, especially since in Public Schools, you can’t take lengthy vacations when students don’t have a break. Students have 17 days they are allowed to be absent.
  • If students have 18 or more unexcused absences (absence without a doctor’s note) in a school year, they may fail the year unless they take summer school. (The repercussions tend to vary a little bit between Public Schools).
  • I would also recommend asking your child’s guidance counselor for an infinite campus portal, if you haven’t already received one, to see if pulling them out of school is worth it. You are able to see their grades and how many absences they have so far on infinite campus.
  • Something that new Public School parents are often shocked by is that Public Schools usually end the last week of June or when school days are added to June. But Jersey City Public Schools must complete the 180-day requirement so if there are snow days, a school day will be added to June.

Monthly Update for June 2023!

For high school students, exams are from June 12th to the 16th

June 19th the district is closed for Juneteeth

June 22, 23, and 26 are half days (4-hour sessions of school)

If no emergency days are needed, Public Schools will finish the school year on June 26

For more details, click here: 2022-2023 JCBOE public school monthly calendar

Pre-K Registration 2023-2024

Jersey City Public Schools Early Childhood Department has announced that Free Pre-K Program Registrations will be available starting March 1st. The JCBOE strongly recommends registration by March 31st. You can apply online by going to the JCBOE website. You can also register online at any local branch of the JC Free Public Library. In order to be eligible for the 2023-24 school year, your child must be 3 years old on or before Oct. 1 2023 (Pre-K3) or must be 4 years old on or before Oct. 1, 2023 (Pre-K4)

To learn how to complete the Pre-K online registration in greater detail, you can watch the Pre-K online registration video to see JCBOE’s YouTube tutorial.

What’s for lunch at Jersey City Public Schools…and how do I pay for it?

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Parents working with the Jersey City Board of Education (JCBOE), have been advocating for a new food services contract between school years with the goal of improving the quality of the food served in schools.  Lunch menus are available here. School lunch menus are also usually sent home with students each month.

Along with a new provider, there will also be a new payment system, called My School Bucks, which will replace last year’s PayForIt payment system.  But don’t worry, if you have a balance remaining from last year, just create an account at My School Bucks, add your children to your account, and your existing account balances will appear automatically!  We just signed up, and it’s pretty straightforward.

Aside from lunch, all students are offered breakfast every morning at no cost.  Students signed up for the Casper after school program and extended day programs are provided with snacks at no cost as well.

Many students are eligible for free or reduced cost lunch.  For the 2018-2019 school year full price lunch is $2.90. Check the JCBOE Food Services Department page for more information about the discounted lunch form/application.