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Goochland school board approves five-minute earlier morning start for 2025–26 calendar

Goochland County School Board · July 8, 2025
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Summary

The Goochland County School Board voted to move school start times five minutes earlier each morning for 2025–26 — a change staff said yields roughly two additional instructional days over a school year. The board approved the calendar as presented and will discuss broader schedule changes at a July 22 retreat.

The Goochland County School Board on Tuesday approved the 2025–26 school calendar with a five-minute earlier morning start for students, a change administrators said adds about two full instructional days over the school year.

School staff told the board that elementary start times will shift from 8:00 a.m. to 7:55 a.m. and secondary start times from 9:00 a.m. to 8:55 a.m. "It doesn't sound like much, but when you…

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