Geneva asks parents about school holidays

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Canton Geneva has issued a questionnaire to parents about their attitude to the current school holidays.

It’s a response to a more general school survey held last year, when 52% of families said they would be in favour of a review on school breaks. 

The canton has already made one change a couple of years ago when the easter holiday was extended by a week and the summer shortened by the same time – so now school starts in August. 

Parents are given several options. Stay the same, restore the 2022 calendar – before the easter break change and swap the length of the easter and October breaks.

There’s also a question on how to handle the Ascension and Jeûne genevois holidays.

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