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School board approves revised calendars, seeks one-year waiver from 180‑day requirement and files BEA compliance update
Summary
Issaquah School District board approved a revised 2025–26 school calendar, approved related state filings including a one‑year waiver from the 180‑day requirement, and accepted an updated BEA compliance report after extended discussion about embedded weather makeup days and summer timing.
The Issaquah School District Board of Directors voted Wednesday to adopt a revised 2025–26 school calendar, submit a one‑year waiver request from the state’s 180‑day basic education requirement for 2025–26, and file an updated Basic Education Act (BEA) compliance report.
Board members and staff framed the changes around two priorities: embedding weather makeup days in the regular calendar to preserve predictability for families and staff, and keeping the district’s end date inside the community’s preferred window where practicable. Assistant Superintendent Donna Hood told the board that each proposed calendar contains 179 student days and 180 staff days, “and that includes the PD day that we anticipate the State will allow us to count as 1 of 180, per the PD waiver that was approved by the Board in our last meeting.”
Why it matters: state policy requires 180 days (or equivalent instructional minutes) for the basic education program; districts that cannot…
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