School Hours
Please note that these are hours for the 2008-2009 school year, and some schools' hours will change next year. To confirm the hours for a particular school for 2009-2010, click on the school name to visit its web page. Schools are grouped by level (Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle, and High Schools).
| Level | School | School Hours | Early Dismissal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early Childhood | Baldwin Early Learning Center | 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. dismissal on Wednesdays) | 1:45 p.m. |
| Early Childhood | East Boston Early Education Center | 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | 1:45 p.m. |
| Early Childhood | East Zone Early Learning Center | 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | 1:45 p.m. |
| Early Childhood | Ellison/Parks Early Education School | 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | 1:45 p.m. |
| Early Childhood | Haynes Early Education Center | 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | 1:45 p.m. |
| Early Childhood | West Zone Early Learning Center | 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | 1:45 p.m. |
| Elementary | Adams Elementary School | 9:20 a.m. - 3:20 p.m. | 1:25 p.m. |
| Elementary | Agassiz Elementary School | 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. | 1:35 p.m. |
| Elementary | Alighieri Elementary School | 9:15 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. | 1:20 p.m. |
| Elementary | Bates Elementary School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. |
| Elementary | Beethoven Elementary School | 8:25 a.m. - 2:25 p.m. | 12:40 p.m. |
| Elementary | Blackstone Elementary School | 8:25 a.m. - 2:25 p.m. | 12:40 p.m. |
| Elementary | Bradley Elementary School | 9:20 a.m. - 3:20 p.m. | 1:25 p.m. |
| Elementary | Channing Elementary School | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 p.m. |
| Elementary | Chittick Elementary School | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 a.m. |
| Elementary | Clap Elementary School | 9:20 a.m. - 3:20 p.m. | 1:25 p.m. |
| Elementary | Condon Elementary School | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 p.m. |
| Elementary | Conley Elementary School | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 p.m. |
| Elementary | Dever Elementary School | 9:20 a.m. - 3:20 p.m. | 1:25 p.m. |
| Elementary | Ellis Elementary School | 9:20 a.m. - 3:20 p.m. | 1:25 p.m. |
| Elementary | Emerson Elementary School | 9:20 a.m. - 3:20 p.m. | 1:25 a.m. |
| Elementary | Everett Elementary School | 9:20 a.m. - 3:20 p.m. | 1:25 p.m. |
| Elementary | Farragut Elementary School | 9:20 a.m. - 3:20 p.m. | 1:25 p.m. |
| Elementary | Fifield Elementary School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. |
| Elementary | Gardner Pilot Academy | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 p.m. |
| Elementary | Greenwood (Elihu) Elementary School | 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. | 1:35 p.m. |
| Elementary | Grew Elementary School | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 p.m. |
| Elementary | Guild Elementary School | 8:25 a.m. - 2:25 p.m. | 12:40 p.m. |
| Elementary | Hale Elementary School | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 p.m. |
| Elementary | Haley Elementary School | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 p.m. |
| Elementary | Harvard/Kent Elementary School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. |
| Elementary | Henderson Elementary School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 |
| Elementary | Hennigan Elementary School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. |
| Elementary | Holland Elementary School | 7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | 11:45 a.m. |
| Elementary | Holmes Elementary School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. |
| Elementary | Kennedy, J.F. Elementary School | 8:25 a.m. - 2:25 p.m. | 12:40 p.m. |
| Elementary | Kennedy, P.J. Elementary School | 9:20 a.m. - 3:20 p.m. | 1:25 p.m. |
| Elementary | Kenny Elementary School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. |
| Elementary | Lee Academy Pilot School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. |
| Elementary | Lee Elementary School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. |
| Elementary | Manning Elementary School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 |
| Elementary | Marshall Elementary School | 7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | 11:45 a.m. |
| Elementary | Mason Elementary School | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 |
| Elementary | Mather Elementary School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. |
| Elementary | Mattahunt Elementary School | 7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | 11:45 a.m. |
| Elementary | McKinley Elementary School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 |
| Elementary | Mendell Elementary School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:25 |
| Elementary | Mozart Elementary School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:25 p.m. |
| Elementary | O'Donnell Elementary School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 |
| Elementary | Otis Elementary School | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 |
| Elementary | Perkins Elementary School | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 p.m. |
| Elementary | Philbrick Elementary School | 9:15 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. | 1:20 |
| Elementary | Quincy Elementary School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 |
| Elementary | Russell Elementary School | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 p.m. |
| Elementary | Sumner Elementary School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 |
| Elementary | Taylor Elementary School | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 |
| Elementary | Trotter Elementary School | 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. | 1:35 p.m. |
| Elementary | Tynan Elementary School | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 |
| Elementary | Winship Elementary School | 9:20 a.m - 3:20 p.m. | 1:25 |
| Elementary | Winthrop Elementary School | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 p.m. |
| Elementary/Middle/High | Carter Development Center | 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. | 1:35 p.m. |
| Elementary/Middle/High | Counseling and Intervention Center | 7:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. | N/A |
| Elementary/Middle/High | Horace Mann School for the Deaf | 7:20 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. | 11:50 a.m. |
| Elementary/Middle/High | Lyon School | 9:20 a.m. - 3:20 p.m. (3:40 p.m. for Grades 9-12) | 1:25 |
| Elementary/Middle/High | McKinley Schools | various | |
| High | Another Course to College | 8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 p.m. |
| High | Boston Adult Technical Academy | Monday - Thursday, 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.; Friday, 11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. | N/A |
| High | Boston Arts Academy | M-Th, 7:55 a.m.- 3:55 p.m.; Fridays, 7:55 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | 1:40 p.m. |
| High | Boston Community Leadership Academy | Mon-Thurs 8:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.; Fri 8:00 - 11:30 a.m. | 1:20 p.m. |
| High | Boston Day & Evening Academy | Day: Mon-Thurs 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.; Fri 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. / Evening: Mon-Thurs 2:00 - 7:00 p.m. | Day: 1:10 p.m. |
| High | Boston International High School | 7:50 a.m. - 2:10 p.m. | 12:05 p.m. |
| High | Brighton High School | 7:40 a.m. - 2:03 p.m. | 11:00 a.m. |
| High | Brook Farm Business & Service Career Academy | 7:20 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. | 11:45 a.m. |
| High | Burke High School | 7:50 a.m. - 2:10 p.m. | 11:45 a.m. |
| High | Charlestown High School | 7:20 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. | 11:45 a.m. |
| High | Community Academy | 7:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. | N/A |
| High | Community Academy of Science and Health | 7:45 a.m. - 2:05 p.m. | 10:45 a.m. |
| High | Community Transition School | 8:00 a.m. - 1:20 p.m. | N/A |
| High | Dorchester Academy | 7:50 a.m. - 2:10 p.m. | 11:45 |
| High | East Boston High School | 7:45 a.m. - 2:05 p.m. | 11:45 a.m. |
| High | Engineering School | 7:45 a.m. - 2:05 p.m. | 10:45 a.m. |
| High | English High School | Mon.-Thurs., 7:25 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.; Fridays, 7:25 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | 10:45 a.m. |
| High | Excel High School | 7:20 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. | 11:45 a.m. |
| High | Fenway High School | Mon, Wed, Thurs 8:40 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.; Tues 8:40 a.m. - 2:20 p.m.; Fri 8:40 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. | 12:00 noon |
| High | Greater Egleston Community High School | 9:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. | N/A |
| High | Hayes School of Music | 7:25 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. | |
| High | Kennedy, Edward M., Academy for Health Careers | 7:25 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 11:30 a.m. |
| High | Madison Park Technical Vocational High School | 7:40 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. | 10:45 |
| High | McKinley Preparatory High School | 7:20 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. | 11:25 |
| High | McKinley South End Academy | 7:20 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. | 11:25 |
| High | Media Communications Technology High School | 7:20 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. | 11:45 |
| High | Monument High School | 7:20 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. | 11:45 |
| High | New Mission High School | 7:45 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 p.m. |
| High | Newcomers Academy | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | |
| High | Odyssey High School | 7:20 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. | 11:45 |
| High | Parkway Academy of Technology and Health | 7:20 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. | 11:45 |
| High | Re-Engagement Center | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | |
| High | Snowden International School at Copley | 8:00 a.m. - 2:20 p.m. | 11:45 |
| High | Social Justice Academy | 7:45 a.m. - 2:05 p.m. | 10:45 |
| High | Urban Science Academy | 7:20 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. | 11:45 |
| K-8 | Boston Teachers Union School | 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | 1:05 p.m. |
| K-8 | Curley K-8 School | 8:35 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:35 p.m. |
| K-8 | Edison K-8 School | 8:25 a.m. - 2:25 p.m. | 12:40 p.m. |
| K-8 | Eliot K-8 School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. |
| K-8 | Greenwood (Sarah) K-8 School | 9:20 a.m. - 3:20 p.m. | 1:25 p.m. |
| K-8 | Hernández K-8 School | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 p.m. |
| K-8 | Higginson/Lewis K-8 School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. |
| K-8 | Hurley K-8 School | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 p.m. |
| K-8 | Jackson/Mann K-8 School | 7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | 11:45 a.m. |
| K-8 | Kilmer K-8 School | 9:20 a.m. - 3:20 p.m. | 1:25 p.m. |
| K-8 | King K-8 School | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 a.m. |
| K-8 | Lyndon K-8 School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 |
| K-8 | McKay K-8 School | 8:25 a.m. - 2:25 p.m. | 12:40 |
| K-8 | Mildred Avenue K-8 School | 7:25 a.m. - 1:25 p.m. | 11:40 a.m. |
| K-8 | Mission Hill K-8 School | K-Grade 5: 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.; Grades 6-8: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. | 1:35 |
| K-8 | Murphy K-8 School | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 |
| K-8 | Ohrenberger School | 8:35 a.m. - 2:35 p.m. | 12:50 p.m. |
| K-8 | Orchard Gardens K-8 School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 |
| K-8 | Perry K-8 School | 9:20 a.m - 3:20 p.m. | 1:25 |
| K-8 | Roosevelt K-8 School | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 |
| K-8 | Tobin K-8 School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 |
| K-8 | Warren/Prescott K-8 School | 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | 12:45 |
| K-8 | Young Achievers Science and Math Pilot K-8 | Mon-Thurs 8:30 a.m. - 4:35 p.m.; Fri 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon. | 1:45 |
| Middle | Dearborn Middle School | 7:20 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | 11:45 a.m. |
| Middle | Edwards Middle School | Monday-Thursday 7:20 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.; Friday 7:20 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. | 2:20 p.m. |
| Middle | Frederick Pilot Middle School | 9:15 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. |
| Middle | Gavin Middle School | 7:20 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | 11:45 a.m. |
| Middle | Harbor School | Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri 7:55 a.m. - 3:35 p.m.; Wed 7:55 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | 1:40 p.m. |
| Middle | Irving Middle School | 7:20 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | 11:45 a.m. |
| Middle | McCormack Middle School | 9:15 a.m. - 3:25 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. |
| Middle | McKinley Middle School | 9:25 a.m. - 3:35 p.m. | 1:35 |
| Middle | Middle School Academy | 7:30 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. | 11:50 |
| Middle | Rogers Middle School | 7:20 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | 11:45 |
| Middle | Timilty Middle School | Mon-Thurs 7:35 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.; Fri 7:35 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. | 2:15 |
| Middle | Umana Middle School Academy | Monday-Thursday 7:20-4:15; Friday 7:20-11:40 | 2:15 |
| Middle/High | Boston Latin Academy | 7:20 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. | 10:45 a.m. |
| Middle/High | Boston Latin School | 7:45 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. | 10:40 a.m. |
| Middle/High | O'Bryant School of Math & Science | 7:20 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. | 10:45 |
| Middle/High | Quincy Upper School | Grades 6-8: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 8:30-3:30, Wed 8:30-12:45; Grades 9-12: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 7:45-2:45, Wed 7:45-11:45 | 1:30 p.m. |
| Middle/High | TechBoston Academy | Grades 6-9: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (except half-day Fridays, 11:30 a.m.); Grades 10-12: 8:15 a.m. - 3:15 a.m. (except half-day Fridays, 11:30 a.m.) | 11:30 a.m. |
