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Derry Area board adopts standard Monday-start 2025–26 calendar after debate on remote days
Summary
After extended public comment and board discussion about flexible instruction days and impacts on career‑technical students, the Derry Area School District Board approved the district's 2025–26 academic calendar (Option A) by roll-call vote, 5–3.
The Derry Area School District Board of School Directors approved the district's 2025–26 academic calendar, adopting the standard Monday start (Option A) after a 5–3 roll-call vote at the board meeting. The discussion focused on whether to keep flexible/remote instruction days (FIDs) and how many snow makeup days to include.
Board and public commenters debated three calendar options: the district's current calendar with a Monday start (Option A); a Monday start with two additional flexible instruction days but four snow makeup days (Option AA); and a Wednesday start that also included additional makeup days (Option AB/"double b"). Teachers, administrators and representatives from the Derry Area Education Association urged preserving a…
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