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Sherman ISD reviews draft 2025–26 academic calendar; board seeks clearer monthly budget and construction timing
Summary
District staff presented a draft 2025–26 academic calendar that keeps the first day of class on Aug. 13, aligns spring break with Grayson College for dual-credit students and adds onboarding time for new teachers; trustees asked for clearer, month-by-month budget reporting and updates on construction readiness.
Miss Pesina presented the Sherman Independent School District draft academic calendar for the 2025–26 school year and reviewed the site‑based committee process that shaped it. The calendar keeps the first day of school on Aug. 13, schedules staff to report Aug. 4, preserves alignment with Grayson College for spring break, and maintains the district requirement of 75,600 instructional minutes and a 187‑day work year for staff.
The draft grew from work by a site‑based committee of parents, teachers, campus and district administrators and instructional coaches that developed a set of options and brought two calendars forward for broader community input. Pesina said the committee considered multiple factors including state testing windows,…
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