The Manchester School District announced on Monday, April 8 that the 2013-14 school calendar has been set after the Manchester Board of School Committee approved a Memorandum of Understanding between the school district and the Manchester Education Association (MEA). Under the new hours-based calendar, the amount of time that a student spends in the classroom will increase to 1050 hours per year. Under the old calendar a student spent 990 hours per year in the classroom. The 2013-14 school year will begin on Wednesday, September 4, 2013. The last day of class is scheduled for Thursday, June 12, 2014. The normal February and April vacations remain in place under the new calendar. The number of professional development days for teachers will also increase under the new calendar. Currently teachers have 3 full professional development days. Under the new calendar they will have 6 full professional development days. The full 2013-14 calenda...