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Board adopts 2025-26 calendar after debate over elementary PLCs and teacher plan time
Summary
District 11 adopted its 2025-26 school calendar Wednesday after teachers and union representatives warned the schedule's embedded PLC model risks taking away elementary plan time.
The Board of Education approved the district'wide calendar for the 2025-26 school year on Wednesday after public commenters and several teachers urged the board to preserve elementary professional learning community (PLC) time without eroding teachers'daily plan periods.
The calendar was developed by the district calendar committee and endorsed by Joint Council before coming to the board. Director Ott moved adoption; the board approved the calendar by roll call.
Why it mattered: Several teachers, calendar-committee members and CSEA representatives told the board that the district's changes this year (embedding PLC time rather than scheduling separate PLC days) have caused PLC work to be placed in teachers'individual plan time, reducing uninterrupted planning for lesson preparation and grading.
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