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Broken Arrow board approves hybrid academic calendars for 2025–26 and 2026–27
Summary
After months of committee work and more than 26,000 survey responses, the Broken Arrow Public Schools board approved hybrid academic calendars that move some snow days to April–May, reduce distance-learning days and shift elementary end time earlier by 30 minutes.
Broken Arrow Public Schools Board members voted to approve hybrid academic calendars for the 2025–26 and 2026–27 school years at the board meeting, adopting changes recommended by a district calendar committee and several subcommittees.
The calendars keep the same total instructional minutes as a traditional calendar but shift six built-in snow/distance-learning days into later weeks in April and May to create potential four-day weeks late in the second semester and reduce the number of distance-learning days from eight to six. The proposal also sets a fixed last day of school (before Memorial Day) and moves elementary school end times earlier by 30 minutes to 3:30 p.m.
The recommendation grew from a district calendar committee that included parents, teachers, administrators and community members. Superintendent Scott Perry said the committee began with no preconceptions and sought broad…
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