District administrators outlined plans for the start of the 2025–26 school year at the Aug. 21 board meeting. Staff said all employees return the week before students for building- and district-level professional learning; students will begin Tuesday, Sept. 2. Elementary schools will welcome half of kindergarten on Sept. 2 with the second half the following day; first through fifth graders will begin Sept. 2. The middle school will host sixth-grade orientation on Sept. 2, with grades 6–8 in session on Sept. 3; the high school will hold ninth-grade orientation on Sept. 2 and welcome all high-school grades on Sept. 3. The district adjusted the school day minutes and communicated new bell times: elementary and middle schools will start at 7:50 a.m. and dismiss at 3:10 p.m.; the high school will start at 7:45 a.m. and dismiss at 3:15 p.m. Staff also announced back-to-school events and open houses for late August and early September. District presenters reminded the public that, by state statute, the district may not start school prior to Labor Day, a constraint that informed the adopted calendar.