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King George School Board reviews proposed 2026–27 and 2027–28 instructional calendars, schedules approval for Sept. 22
Summary
The King George County School Board discussed two proposed instructional calendars that would give students about 176 instructional days and teachers 189 workdays, exceed the state-required 990 hours, and mirror calendars in neighboring divisions. The board encouraged public feedback and plans to vote at its Sept. 22 meeting.
The King George County School Board reviewed proposed instructional calendars for the 2026–27 and 2027–28 school years and asked the public and board members to submit feedback ahead of a planned vote at the board’s Sept. 22 meeting. The calendars would provide 176 instructional days for students and 189 days for teachers and include scheduling changes discussed during prior vetting with departments and principals.
Board consideration focused on how the calendars balance instructional hours, snow-day buffers and staff workdays. Dr. Boyd, speaking during the calendar discussion, said, “The state requirement is 990,” and that the proposed calendars would place the division “up above a thousand” total hours. He said the last calendar had been 172 days and about 1,086 total hours and that the proposed calendars include built-in time for inclement-weather closings.
The superintendent’s office told the board the calendars were designed after a prior vetting process that responded to stakeholder requests and that key changes include making Thanksgiving a full week, removing July workdays, shortening the first week for younger students to ease transition, and eliminating earlier “early release” days that had been used for elementary literacy training. The office said the calendars mirror the spring-break timing for Stafford and Spotsylvania (SPOTC) and contain some additional teacher workdays compared with this year’s calendar.
Board members raised operational concerns. One board member asked about grade deadlines that fall two days before the end of the semester and said that timing can reduce student attendance during those final days; the superintendent said principals would be asked to explore ways to make those days more meaningful while preserving time for remediation. Another member raised recurring requests from teachers to add days and urged that once a calendar is approved the division hold firm against last‑minute changes.
Staff said the calendars will be posted publicly for about two weeks and that community and board feedback received before Sept. 22 will be considered. If the process proceeds as planned, the board will return on Sept. 22 to take formal action.
