Board adopts revised 2025–26 calendar and approves site-safety policy

The St Helens School District Board of Directors on the evening agenda approved two actions affecting school operations: an updated 2025–26 community calendar that restores two instructional days and a revision to policy EBAC to re-establish building-level safety committees and let the superintendent designate the district safety officer.

Human-resources staff told the board they reached memoranda of understanding with both employee groups that allow the district to restore January 23 and February 27 as student instructional days; the calendar motion passed on a roll-call vote. The district also noted those two days were chosen to maximize the chance of recovering instructional time while minimizing conflict with holidays and community schedules.

On policy EBAC, the board voted to approve language that directs the superintendent to designate the district safety officer (rather than naming a specific position), and to reconstitute site safety committees with required representation from building staff and employees. The policy update explicitly covers facility and playground safety, staff and student injuries, and procedures for public agendas and notes from those committees.

Board members and staff said the changes are intended to improve local flexibility for staffing and safety oversight. The calendar and policy votes were recorded in the meeting minutes and will be posted in the board packet online.