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Board reviews draft 2025–26 school calendar; no adoption set for Feb. 11 meeting
Summary
District staff presented a draft 2025–26 school calendar aligned with BOCES dates, proposed student start on Sept. 2 and kept Wednesday before Thanksgiving and three built-in snow days; the board took no formal action.
District staff presented a draft 2025–26 school calendar at the Feb. 11 board meeting and asked board members for feedback; the board did not adopt the calendar at that session.
The calendar committee used Erie County BOCES dates as a framework to reduce conflicts with area districts. District staff said the proposed student first day is Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, to align with BOCES and neighboring districts, and that the Wednesday before Thanksgiving remains a day off. The draft includes three built-in snow days and retains a Friday off before Memorial Day.
The presentation noted contractual considerations with the West Seneca Teachers Association and that the district negotiated start‑of‑year days in August to gain flexibility; staff said collective-bargaining agreements require some workdays that affect calendar choices.
Staff said the Lunar New Year has been added as a recognized day off and falls during the February break in 2026. Board members asked how the district would sequence snow-day callbacks (first day to be reclaimed would be the Friday before Memorial Day, then backwards) and whether Good Friday is treated as a holiday; a staff member replied that Good Friday is a holiday and may influence which days would be reclaimed first.
Board members also discussed how future calendar decisions could be affected by emerging state holidays such as Juneteenth and by the February break; staff said calendar constraints are driven by the bookends of Labor Day and Regents exams, and that in some future years the district may need to shorten the February break to accommodate additional state holidays.
Superintendent (presenting staff) and calendar facilitator said the item on Feb. 11 was for discussion only and that the district will return with the calendar for formal adoption at a future meeting, likely March 4. Staff invited board feedback and said additional discussion can occur at the Feb. 25 work session.
