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College Station ISD board approves 10-minute school day extension to align high-school schedules
Summary
On May 20 the College Station ISD Board of Trustees voted 6–1 to add 10 minutes to the 2025–26 school day so both comprehensive high schools can share a new CTE schedule; the change adds roughly 3.97 instructional days and designates four teacher planning/work days, drawing objections from some trustees, teachers and parents.
College Station Independent School District trustees voted 6–1 on May 20 to approve an adjustment to the 2025–26 school calendar that adds 10 minutes to the district’s school day to align bell schedules at both comprehensive high schools.
District staff said the change is intended to let students and staff fully use a planned career-and-technical-education (CTE) facility and to simplify shared staffing and bus routing. "There is a need to identify 10 minutes to the school day for the coming school year," District staff member Mr. Mann told the board during the item’s presentation.
The addition of 10 minutes per day increases the district's instructional minutes by 1,750 across the year, which the administration calculated as roughly 3.97…
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