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Board adopts 2026–27 school calendar after heated debate over heat days and semester equity
Summary
After public testimony and extensive board discussion about heat-day relief, block-schedule inequities and concurrent-enrollment impacts, the Poudre School District board approved the 2026–27 calendar 6–1 on Dec. 9; one director dissented.
The Poudre School District Board of Education voted 6–1 on Dec. 9 to adopt the district’s proposed 2026–27 school calendar after a prolonged discussion that balanced heat-day relief for non–air-conditioned elementary schools against concerns that the plan creates semester inequities for high-school students on block schedules.
Teachers and staff who spoke during public comment said the proposed calendar would put as many as 14 more instructional days in the second semester than the first for some courses on block schedules, which they said can translate to roughly 1,200 minutes of…
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