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Mahtomedi board adopts 2026–27 academic calendar after debate on earlier start
Summary
After discussion about impacts on families and student seasonal work, the board approved a calendar that begins Aug. 31, a change tied to construction planning funded by the district referendum.
The Mahtomedi Public School District school board voted Nov. 10 to adopt the 2026–27 academic calendar, shifting the start date to Aug. 31 to provide flexibility for planned construction work enabled by recently approved referendum funds.
District staff said the earlier start is permitted under state legislation because the referendum funds will finance more than $400,000 in construction projects and that moving the start date by one day would not shorten the overall summer break for students (SEG 1046–1063). "One of the reasons that is able to happen now is because with the passage of the referendum, we will…
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