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McHenry District 15 board adopts 2025–26 school calendar, moves start date to Aug. 20
Summary
The board approved a 185-day 2025–26 calendar with five emergency days and a proposed official start date of Aug. 20, aligning breaks with neighboring districts; vote was unanimous on Dec. 10, 2024.
The McHenry School District 15 Board of Education adopted the 2025–26 school calendar at its Dec. 10 meeting.
District administration explained the calendar will remain a 185-day year with five emergency days (leaving 180 student attendance days). Four teacher institute days and two parent-teacher conference days are included; administration said the district collaborated with neighboring districts to align winter and spring breaks. "The one unique difference with the proposed calendar for 2025, 2026 is that we pushed the start date back officially 5 days…to an official start date of August 20th," a district official said.
Board members expressed appreciation for addressing the creeping earlier start date and supported the proposed dates. A motion to approve the 2025–26 calendar passed by roll call.
Next steps: The calendar will be implemented for the 2025–26 school year; transcript discussion did not include further procedural steps or negotiated contract changes tied to the calendar.
