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After heated debate, Poudre board adopts 2026–27 calendar 6–1 over high‑school inequity concerns
Summary
The Poudre School District Board voted 6–1 Dec. 9 to adopt the 2026–27 school calendar after extended debate over later start dates (to reduce early‑season heat in non‑air‑conditioned elementary schools) and teacher/public concerns about semesters that would be longer in spring than fall.
The Poudre School District Board of Education narrowly adopted the 2026–27 academic calendar on Dec. 9 after a lengthy discussion of tradeoffs between a later start date to reduce heat‑impacted days for elementary schools and the instructional inequities that could result for high schools on block schedules.
Teachers and staff urged the board to reconsider. Amy Healy, a German teacher at Fossil Ridge High School, told the board the proposed calendar would create a 14‑day difference between semesters, saying, “It will be impossible for…
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