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Roseville board reviews draft 2025–26 and 2026–27 school calendars, committee cites holiday rubric
Summary
At its Feb. 10 meeting the Roseville Area School Board received first readings of draft traditional and year‑round calendars for 2025–26 and 2026–27. The calendar committee relied on a holiday rubric and staff attendance data to minimize disruptions; no final action was taken.
At the Roseville Area School Board meeting on Feb. 10, associate superintendent Melissa Sonnick presented first readings of draft district calendars for the 2025–26 and 2026–27 school years, saying the drafts were produced by the district calendar committee and remain in draft form until board approval the following year.
The calendar committee developed a holiday rubric in partnership with culture liaisons to guide which holidays should be treated as non‑school days. "Our goal is to develop a calendar that keeps as many kids in school as possible," Sonnick said. She told the board the committee considered the district's top demographics and languages when creating the rubric.
Mike Schrader, RAS associate principal, summarized findings the committee used to shape options. The committee analyzed attendance patterns and categorized factors that affect absences as holidays, weather, and breaks. "There were no implications for making changes in the calendar — we noticed higher absences in the front and the back end of a break, but that would be tough to prevent no matter when the breaks fell," Schrader said.
For the traditional calendar, staff proposed only modest changes from the current year. For the year‑round calendar, staff proposed two changes that would affect Harambee: reducing consecutive short weeks before the fall intercession to provide more full weeks for teaching, and making the last weekday for students a Friday with the following Monday reserved as a teacher workshop day. Schrader said teachers reported that consecutive short weeks created "somewhat difficult weeks in the building" and that more full weeks were "more conducive to teaching and learning." He also acknowledged the change would create a larger imbalance in the number of days between first and second semesters but said educators judged the tradeoff acceptable.
Board members thanked the committee for its work. Director Bertra Goggins praised the holiday consideration and the calendar committee's broad membership: "You're only as good as your team…it's just such a robust team with different perspectives that I think that's where we catch those little things that end up making a big difference." Several board members noted the drafts are posted on the district website and that the 2026–27 drafts remain labeled as "draft" until formally approved next year.
No vote was taken; the calendars will return for future board action.
The district posted the draft calendars on ISD623.org and will continue to solicit feedback as the board moves toward a final vote.
