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School board reviews proposed 2026–27 and 2027–28 instructional calendars; committee recommends two-year, annual-approval cycle
Summary
The district presented proposed calendars that meet contract and statutory requirements, include six early-release professional-learning days, and maximize state testing windows. The board asked staff to note Veterans Day observance practices and to provide an annual approval cycle that sets calendars two years ahead for planning.
District staff presented proposed instructional calendars for 2026–27 and 2027–28 at the Nov. 6 work session. The calendars follow statutory and contract requirements (100/180 student days; 196 teacher days), allocate six early-release professional learning days and include three weather-makeup strategies.
The instructional calendar development committee modeled the proposals on the prior two-year practice and conducted an online stakeholder survey, which yielded more than 600 responses. The committee recommended maintaining six early-release days for professional development and maximizing days allocated for state testing. The group also selected three weather makeup options in order: use the January professional learning day, eliminate remaining early-release days, and extend instructional days as necessary.
Board members discussed Veterans Day and whether schools should remain open to allow student participation in local observances; members noted veterans and community partners value student participation and asked staff to ensure secondary teachers have materials or options so students not directly attending ceremonies still learn about the observance. Board members also noted preferences from staff and parents about start-day choices; staff said they will move to an annual approval cadence that sets each calendar two years in advance to help families plan.
Next step: the district will finalize public materials and move the calendars through the board approval process per the district’s timeline; staff will consider methods to make Veterans Day programming more broadly available to students in secondary grades.
