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District previews school‑year calendars and bus schedule changes; board discusses student contact days and homecoming option
Summary
Superintendent Woods and staff presented draft calendars for 2025–26 and 2026–27 that remove most student Fridays, shift some professional development days and propose later elementary start times tied to a single afternoon bus schedule; trustees asked staff to refine homecoming and election‑day options.
District leaders presented two draft school calendars and a proposed bell‑schedule change intended to put all students on a single afternoon bus schedule. The plan would move elementary start times later (roughly 8:25 a.m.), keep secondary start times earlier, and eliminate most student Fridays while preserving a small number of professional development Fridays.
Superintendent Woods said the calendar draft was designed to equalize seat time across grade levels while reducing stress from long opening weeks and addressing parent and staff feedback. The draft also moves parent‑teacher conference blocks to the spring and trims recurring professional‑development Fridays by shifting one staff day to an existing student contact day.
Transportation staff outlined a bus plan that would load secondary students first in the afternoon and elementary students last so younger riders would have the shortest bus times. The change allows the district to consolidate routes and keep afternoon dismissal times coordinated across schools; it would not be feasible to run the same consolidation in the morning without a different secondary schedule, staff said.
Trustees discussed community survey results and expressed support for using homecoming as an option to recover an additional student contact day when necessary; they asked staff to return in February with a polished calendar that incorporates homecoming scheduling and election‑day considerations. Board members also asked staff to summarize parent and teacher survey results and to provide a short pros/cons list for the single‑bus strategy.
Ending: Staff will refine drafts based on trustee feedback and present a recommended calendar and bell schedules for formal consideration and possible adoption in a future meeting.
