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Hendry County Schools add October break, tweak start times and stagger bus routes to address staff burnout
Summary
District leaders said the updated 2025–26 calendar adds a fall break, preserves required instructional minutes, staggers elementary start times and builds nearly 10 hurricane make-up days into the schedule to reduce burnout and improve attendance.
Hendry County Schools presented an updated 2025–26 calendar at a LaBelle town hall that adds a one-week October fall break, increases front-loaded professional learning days and adjusts some school start and stop times to stagger bus routes and reduce staff burnout.
District staff said the calendar change preserves the district’s required instructional minutes while giving staff and families more predictable breaks. Officials said the change was developed with a calendar committee that included district leadership and the teachers union (HCEA) and that staff…
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