Ashland Schools Sets Aug. 31 First Day of Classes

ASHLAND — Ashland Public Schools has posted Aug. 31 as the first day of classes at David Mindess Elementary School, with a preschool orientation session for morning-class families scheduled the same day, according to the district's online calendar.

SCHOOLS

The district's website lists Aug. 31 as the first day of school at David Mindess Elementary, alongside a preschool orientation for AM-session families running from 9 to 10 a.m. that same morning. No other district policy or calendar changes were posted in this coverage window.

COMMUNITY & ARTS

The Ashland Public Library opens August with a full slate of in-person and online programming. The Friends of the Ashland Public Library hold their Monthly Book Sale & Donation Day on Saturday, Aug. 1, alongside a Saturday Stories session for families with young children. A previously scheduled Pokémon Trading Card Workshop for grades 2-6 that day has been canceled, per the library's calendar.

Later in the week, the library's calendar shows the Minuteman Library Crawl 2026 running Monday, Aug. 3, through Tuesday, Aug. 4, alongside Take & Make Kits for families over the same two days. The library's Online Adult Summer Reading Challenge 2026 continues to run in overlapping sessions through the first days of August.

COMING UP

The Select Board holds a budget workshop and a hybrid regular meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at Town Hall, continuing the board's ongoing budget planning work.

Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.