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North Pocono board approves 2025-26 school calendar after public objections about earlier start
Summary
After public comment objecting to an earlier August start, the North Pocono School District board approved the 2025-26 calendar and snow-day plan following discussion of contract and instructional constraints. The measure passed 5-2.
The North Pocono School District Board of Education on April 9 approved the district's 2025-26 school calendar and snow-day plan, voting 5-2 after several residents urged the board not to move the start date earlier in August.
The vote follows public comment from multiple parents who said a two-day earlier start would shorten summer break, create childcare and travel burdens and diverge from past practice. The board and superintendent said the change balances instructional days, collective-bargaining obligations and a prearranged snow-day plan.
Tom Sweeney, a Springbrook Township resident, told the board he and his wife moved to North Pocono because they believed it was the best place to raise their children and asked the board to "please…
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