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City Schools presents proposed 2025-26 calendar; board to vote Feb. 25 after additional outreach
Summary
The district presented a proposed 2025-26 school calendar that preserves 180 instructional days, shifts some professional learning into the school year, adds a wellness day before Thanksgiving and proposes early-release Fridays for end-of-quarter grading; board members asked for more outreach on religious observances before a Feb. 25 vote.
Baltimore City Public Schools presented a proposed 2025-26 school calendar on Feb. 11, outlining dates and practices designed to protect instructional time, expand distributed professional learning and address stakeholder requests for wellness and religious-observance accommodations.
Deputy Chief Academic Officer Taisha Swinton Buck and Simon Berenbaum, director of grading, assessment and scheduling, said the district's calendar planning balanced state requirements (minimum 180 school days and 1,080 instructional hours), contractual obligations (a maximum of 90 teacher workdays including 10 professional learning days) and stakeholder feedback gathered through town halls, surveys, PASSA text responses and meetings with faith leaders. The district reported nearly 1,500…
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