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Board adopts 2025–26 school calendar: start after Labor Day, two-week winter break, conferences move to evenings
Summary
The board approved the 2025–26 district calendar after staff presented a draft shaped by survey feedback; notable changes include starting school after Labor Day, no PLC late-start days, staggered kindergarten starts and evening conferences.
The Moorhead Area Public Schools Board of Education approved the 2025–26 school calendar on Feb. 10 after hearing a staff presentation that summarized a calendar-advisory committee process and two staff surveys.
Brenda Richmond presented the draft calendar and explained the advisory process: multiple committee meetings, two staff surveys and a revised draft (“draft C”) that had the strongest support in the second survey. “Draft C had about 65 of the vote from staff. So that's the draft that we are presenting tonight,” Richmond said.
Key calendar changes the board approved include beginning the…
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