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Board reviews draft 2025–26 school calendar; members press for more staff input
Summary
District staff presented a draft 2025–26 Racine Unified School District calendar that keeps an August start and adds K–5 professional learning days tied to Act 20; board members raised concerns about timing of spring break, parent-teacher conferences and the volume of professional learning days.
Miss Hanson, a district staff member, presented the Racine Unified School District’s draft 2025–26 school calendar and reviewed start dates, professional learning days and scheduled breaks.
The draft calendar keeps an August start with three “new educator” onboarding days beginning Tuesday, Aug. 12, continuing through Aug. 14; returning teachers are scheduled for Aug. 27–28 with open house on Aug. 28 and the first day of school on Sept. 3. Hanson said the draft adds three professional learning days for kindergarten through grade 5 “to support our Act 20 requirements,” while retaining four districtwide professional learning days for K–12. She also listed Thanksgiving recess (Nov. 26–28),…
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