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Lowell Joint School District. An extension of the calendar would've triggered negotiations with both the school principals union and United Teachers Los Angeles.

Surveys showed both of these labor groups staunchly opposed lengthening the upcoming year. But in a prepared statement read during the meeting, Beutner also continued to advance an argument that extending the school year is the right thing to do — and staff said they would advocate for lengthening the school year. Since at least April , Newsom has publicly voiced his support for longer school years — and shorter holiday breaks — to help combat "learning loss" during the pandemic.

That was the call Beutner was answering in mid-April when he laid out his preliminary plan to start the fall semester on Aug. But parent support for a modified calendar was soft from the beginning. Fierce lobbying from groups like Parents Supporting Teachers made it difficult for district officials and board members to ignore these survey numbers. By the end of April, LAUSD officials began shopping a compromise plan to extend the school year for students by only six days, with staff reporting to campuses for four additional days of training without students.

But subsequent surveys found even greater majorities of both UTLA and the principals union, Associated Administrators of Los Angeles, opposed any change to the calendar. They would not agree to any of these. SEIU Local 99 — the union that represents an assortment of non-teaching employees, including special education assistants — also expressed disappointment in the decision to drop the calendar extension.

Gonez acknowledged these concerns, saying the district would have to be creative to give students extra opportunities to make up lost ground within the confines of a shorter calendar. Gonez referenced parents' arguments that a shorter summer break would make it difficult to schedule vacations or summer camps. Many of our students rely on our schools for their mental health services and enrichment programs and to meet our basic needs.

Extending the school year would not necessarily mean extra days for students in classrooms. UTLA officials have said students, teachers and staff should not be subjected to an extended school year on the heels of the pandemic. As a result, the board unanimously approved a traditional day instructional calendar. Many members expressed reluctance at the decision, saying they would have preferred some form of additional instruction time. But they conceded that without support from teachers, administrators and parents, the idea was not yet feasible.

Board member Jackie Goldberg said she spoke to numerous parents from various school sites, and there was almost universal opposition to an extended school year, with most citing an "exhaustion factor. And we need a break," she said.

Goldberg and other board members said they would like to revisit the idea of an extended school calendar for the school year. Under the calendar adopted by the board, the first day of instruction for the fall semester for most campuses will be Aug.