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PSD board hears first reading of 2026–27 calendar, committee proposes Aug. 19 student start
Summary
The Poudre School District calendar committee presented a recommended 2026–27 calendar that would start students Aug. 19 (staff Aug. 10), preserve a five-day fall break and meet Colorado Department of Education requirements including a 360-hour first semester funding threshold; early-childhood funding and snow/heat-release buffers were discussed.
Poudre School District R-1 board members heard the first reading of the recommended 2026–27 school year calendar on Nov. 18, when calendar committee co-chairs Cheryl Day and Brian Kiel presented Version 1 of the committee’s proposal.
Under the recommended calendar, staff would return Aug. 10, there would be a transition day on Aug. 18 for rising sixth- and ninth-graders, and students would begin Aug. 19 — roughly six days later than the district’s prior start date. The committee said Version 1 preserves a five‑day…
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