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Board debates calendar tradeoffs: later start vs. balanced semesters and holiday timing
Summary
District staff proposed a revised 2025 calendar that moves start day to Aug. 20, brings high school graduations the week before Memorial Day and results in unequal semesters (80 days vs. 94 days); board members discussed academic tradeoffs and asked staff for data before finalizing a schedule.
Ruth Ann Keller, an elementary director, presented a revised draft district calendar and explained changes prompted by community feedback on start dates and graduation timing. Key proposals included moving the school year start to Aug. 20 (instead of Aug. 17), holding high school graduations the week before Memorial Day, redistributing professional development days (including two days in January), and accepting an imbalance between first and second semesters (proposed first semester: 80 days; second semester: 94 days).
Keller said the calendar committee recommended the changes to respond…
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