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Parent-led committee proposes alternative school calendar; district to survey community
Summary
A parent-facilitated design team presented a proposed alternative 2027–28 calendar featuring split breaks (one-week fall, full week of Thanksgiving, two-week winter and two-week spring breaks) and a later July start; the board agreed to proceed with a community survey and forums before recommending any change.
Emily Allen and Samantha Hildreth, co-facilitators of the district’s alternative calendar design team, presented a recommended nontraditional calendar for the 2027–28 school year and described the committee’s process and conventions at the Sept. 23 board meeting.
Why it matters: The calendar design team proposed a later July start (July 28), one week of fall break, a full week for Thanksgiving, two weeks at winter break and two weeks at spring break, with a professional development day scheduled the Monday after Easter. The presenters said the design balances community preferences, statutory limits (including the state rule that winter break not…
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