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McAllen ISD trustees pause plan to change teacher and student start times; committee proposals to return to budget workshops
Summary
After multistakeholder committee work on elementary, middle and high school bell schedules, the Board of Trustees voted to table action and continue discussion at budget workshops, leaving several proposed bell schedules and budget implications unresolved.
The McAllen Independent School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday voted to table further action on proposed changes to teacher work days and student start times, a discussion administrators said could affect the 2025–26 budget and staff planning time.
The item grew from district-led committees of parents, teachers, principals and district staff that produced multiple bell-schedule options for elementary, middle and high schools. The board motion to table the item passed unanimously, 7–0, allowing more time for review at budget workshops.
Why it matters: administrators told the board the proposed changes could affect federally and state-funded program minutes, special education individualized education program (IEP) scheduling, transportation routes and after-school care. Any change that reduces or alters instructional minutes would also change the district’s calendar, potentially requiring re-convening ARD/IEP meetings and shifting budget needs for summer work to reconvene those meetings.
District presentation and committee proposals Janet Nino, Associate Superintendent, told trustees that the…
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