The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education approved on Dec. 12 instructional calendars for the next three school years, starting classes before Labor Day and giving students a week off at Thanksgiving and a three-week winter break between first and second semester.

In approving calendars through 2020-21 instead of a single year, board members said they hoped to allow families and employees to plan activities well in advance.

For the 2018-19 academic year, the first semester will begin Aug. 14 and end Dec. 14, with winter recess starting Dec. 17 and ending Jan. 4. The second semester will begin Jan. 7 and end June 7, with spring recess from April 15 – 19.

The calendars also include school holidays for Admission Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents Day and Memorial Day. For information, visit lausd.net.