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Board tables 2026–27 school calendar after broad feedback on break placement and continuity
Summary
After receiving family and staff survey results and a lengthy discussion about attendance, testing windows and teacher professional‑development timing, the Bentonville School Board voted unanimously to table approval of the 2026–27 calendar for further work by the district calendar committee.
At its Feb. 18 meeting the Bentonville School District Board of Education voted to table approval of the 2026–27 academic‑year calendar after extended discussion about timing of breaks, testing and staff professional development.
School staff presented results from a district survey: 732 families (about 3 percent of 19,575 households) responded and 409 offered written comments; staff also reported 841 employees voted on the calendar with 94 percent approval, and 308 classified staff responded with 91 percent approval. Presenters said the most…
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