MINNEAPOLIS - Parents spoke, and the Minneapolis Public Schools listened.
The Minneapolis Board of Education approved calendars for upcoming school years that will resume classes after Labor Day instead of before.
Minneapolis was one of the only cities in the state to send students back to school before Labor Day.
The District Calendar Committee received "significant public input," while creating the calendars, according to a district spokesperson.
More than ten thousand people reviewed the calendars before they were approved, and more than seven thousand people give their opinions through a survey. 85 percent of participants supported school starting after Labor Day.
The approved calendars will keep the two-week winter break and week-long spring break. These changes will be effective for the following school years: 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22.