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Poudre School District board hears first reading of 2026–27 school-year calendar; staff propose Aug. 19 student start
Summary
Calendar committee presented Version 1 of the 2026–27 school-year calendar: staff start Aug. 10, transition day Aug. 18, students start Aug. 19. Committee said changes respond to heat-release concerns and must preserve a 360-hour first semester for funding compliance.
The Poudre School District Board of Education received a first reading Tuesday of the proposed 2026–27 school-year calendar, which the calendar committee recommended as Version 1.
Cheryl Day and Brian Kiel, co-chairs of the calendar committee, told the board the committee worked within Colorado Department of Education (CDE) rules and the district employee agreement to balance a later student start with required instructional hours. "When we were calculating minutes and hours, it's based on current minutes…
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