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Board reviews draft 2025–26 academic calendar; committee adds September in‑service day
Summary
The board reviewed a draft 2025–26 academic calendar that aligns many dates with the high school and adds a September professional development day to support staff, especially new teachers.
The board reviewed a draft 2025–26 academic calendar produced by a calendar committee representing staff from every building. The draft aims to align start dates and major breaks with Minooka High School District 111 while preserving opportunities for building‑level professional development.
Key features of the draft calendar include an August start date aligned with the high school, a newly proposed in‑service/professional development day in September (to provide earlier support for new teachers), parent‑teacher conferences moved earlier in the year to allow more instructional time before conferences, and continued alignment of winter and spring breaks with the high school.
Committee members told the board that moving conferences earlier responded to teacher feedback that calendar pacing previously left too little time between quarter close and conferences. The committee also discussed attendance implications for days close to holidays (for example, days before Thanksgiving) and noted that publishing a calendar aligned with the high school helps families plan and may reduce attendance impacts.
Superintendent Kinder and staff said they will continue to coordinate with District 111 on early‑release days and transportation logistics; staff will return next month with a refined calendar and further information on early‑release timing and routing impacts.
The board took no action and asked staff to return with a final recommendation next month.
