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Liberty Hill ISD trustees debate 4-day-week options, childcare and instructional minutes for 2025–26 academic calendar
Summary
Board members and staff discussed three calendar models that would shift staff professional development, condense student weeks and alter daily minutes; no calendar was adopted and staff were asked to return with more detail in February.
Trustees of the Liberty Hill Independent School District on Jan. 22 heard an extended staff presentation and a wide-ranging discussion about proposed academic calendars for the 2025–26 school year, including options that would move to a condensed student week and increase staff professional development time.
District staff presented three options they had circulated to employees and the community: Calendar A (168 student days), Calendar B (165 student days with a more “innovative” distribution of staff development days) and a Calendar C variant that would be a true four-day student week for much of the school year. Staff described Calendar B and C as ways to give teachers and campus staff more time for planning and collaboration amid increasing mandates and budget pressure.
The discussion centered on three practical trade-offs: total student days and required instructional minutes, the placement of staff development days (Fridays vs. Mondays), and…
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