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ROCORI board reviews two calendar options for 2025–26 school year; elementary conferences, snow makeup and e-learning discussed
Summary
The board reviewed two calendar proposals for 2025–26 that change fall parent-teacher conferences and add student days; members discussed conference timing (October vs. November), snow makeup plans, and whether to maintain a traditional spring break.
The ROCORI Public School District board reviewed two proposed school calendars for the 2025–26 school year during a discussion item. The calendar committee — which includes Board member Matt and another committee member — presented two options that differ mainly in the timing of elementary parent-teacher conferences and the conversion of staff days to student days, increasing total student days from 170 to 172.
One proposal (calendar 2A) schedules fall elementary parent-teacher conferences in November immediately before Thanksgiving: two student days with evening conferences and Wednesday available for daytime conferences. The alternative (calendar 2B) keeps an October conference window with other modifications for elementary scheduling. Committee members said teachers preferred November conferences because teachers have had students longer by then; administration favored October conferences to align with fast-test data reporting. Both calendars increase student instructional days by converting two staff days to student days.
Board members also discussed handling snow makeup days and potential e-learning. The committee recommended treating e-learning as a last resort and reviewing the district’s approach to determine whether to use e-learning after snow makeup days have been exhausted. The board suggested gathering parent feedback by survey on late starts, spring break scheduling and e-learning options.
The committee reported district attendance data from a recent deer opener weekend: about 70 students were absent districtwide on that day last year, which the committee characterized as a low percentage of the roughly 2,300-student district. Committee members said that when the district previously allowed that time off it was excused; they advised the board that the committee felt removing the traditional deer-opener days appeared acceptable based on the metric.
Board members asked to review the calendars again at the next meeting and expected the calendar committee to return recommendations, along with any requested changes or survey results, for formal consideration.
