Jamestown Public Schools Cancel Classes March 11-13 for Professional Development, Spring Break

Jamestown Public Schools posted that students will not be in session Wednesday through Friday, March 11–13, 2026. The district’s announcement says the break is due to “scheduled professional development workshops for staff followed by the district’s spring break,” and Jamestown Sun’s item on the notice adds, “School resumes on Monday, March 16.”

The district’s online School Closure Information page reiterates emergency guidance for families: “In the event of an early dismissal, please have a safe consistent emergency plan in place for your family. Please make sure your children are aware of your family plan. Speaking to your child about safety and discussing alternate plans is very important.” The page also states, “If an early dismissal is required, we will follow our regular dismissal procedures.”

Jamestown Public Schools told parents how the district will notify families, noting, “In the event of a school closure, delay or early dismissal, parents will be contacted in the following ways.” The district listed local broadcast outlets by name: RADIO: WPRO @ 630 AM or 99.7 FM and WHJJ @ 920 AM; TELEVISION: Channel 6 (ABC 6), Channel 10 (NBC 10), and Channel 12 (CBS 12). The closure page references text alerts, saying, “To sign up for text notifications through RI Broadcasters for all Jamestown announcements go to:”, but the supplied excerpt did not include a sign-up link.

Contact lines visible on the district snippet include school-level names: “Melrose School: Maggi Moretti” and “Lawn School: Carla Menditto.” The district excerpt as provided shows a duplication and truncation of those contact lines: “Lawn School: Carla Menditto [...] Melrose School: Maggi Moretti,” indicating the publicly captured snippet was incomplete.

Local coverage by the Jamestown Sun ran under the headline “Jamestown Public Schools won't have classes March 11-13” in its JSSP School News section, and the Sun page displayed site elements including “The Trust Project” label and repeated “ADVERTISEMENT” blocks adjacent to the short notice. Image file names visible near the item included “uj womens hoops coach sankey 200th win 111825.jpg” and “IMG_3355edit-2048x1300.jpg,” suggesting the notice appeared amid regular community pages.

The initial aggregator copy that noted the closure included the year explicitly: “students will not be in session Wednesday through Friday, March 11–13, 2026,” and ended abruptly with “The short public note,” confirming the publicly available posting was minimal. The district has not supplied, in the provided excerpts, details on which staff attend the professional development workshops, whether all district schools are affected, or the status of meal service, afterschool programs and athletics during March 11–13. Parents and caregivers should monitor the district’s School Closure Information page and the named broadcast outlets for any further updates before classes resume Monday, March 16, 2026.