Here the dates of the next school year begins and ending of classes are decided by the Ministry of Education the federal organ in the capital, all including private and public education, the municipality don't had that kind of power, hey a cool fact for you @markkujantunen and I think you would like it to know that even here, we always heard that finland and holland have the best elementary and secondary education in the world.

When I was in primary school there was no community service but when I got to secondary school that service had been implemented and I think it was because the Ministry of Education wanted to imitate the kind of education that other countries receive.