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Board discusses starting school year before Labor Day under temporary law; staff asked to build calendars for Nov. 10 review
Summary
Under a temporary 2025 Minnesota law allowing districts to start before Labor Day for 2026–28, the board reviewed proposed calendar options and asked staff to produce detailed calendars for November 10. Directors debated teacher rolling starts, athletics scheduling, family impacts and whether to approve a two‑year change.
At the Oct. 27 study session, the Prior Lake‑Savage Area Schools calendar committee reviewed two sets of calendar options for 2026–27 and 2027–28 permitted under a temporary 2025 Minnesota law that allows local school boards to vote to start school before Labor Day for those years.
Director Powers described the committee’s analysis and the options on the table: for 2026–27, a "before Labor Day" calendar would run Aug. 31, 2026–June 3, 2027, while an "after Labor Day" calendar would run Sept. 8, 2026–June 9, 2027. For 2027–28 the…
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