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Issaquah School Board adopts revised calendars, approves one‑year waiver to preserve flexibility
Summary
After extensive debate over embedded weather make‑up days, the board approved revised school‑year calendars for 2025–26 through 2028–29 (option B for 2028–29) and adopted Resolution No. 1246 requesting a one‑year waiver from the 180‑day requirement to align calendar planning with state waiver rules.
The Issaquah School District Board on Sept. 11 approved a set of revised school‑year calendars and a one‑year waiver request to the state that the superintendent said will preserve the district’s ability to recover lost instructional time without extending the school year.
The board approved the 2025–26 calendar and subsequent draft calendars after a sustained discussion about how many embedded weather makeup days to include, whether to retain the Wednesday before Thanksgiving as a student holiday, and how start and end dates affect testing windows. Assistant Superintendent Donna Hood, who led calendar development, said each draft "contains 179 days" for students (180 staff days counting a PD waiver day) and explained why the team embedded makeup days and prioritized preserving two full weeks for the winter break.
Director Gallinger urged a consistent approach to makeup…
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