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Calendar committee recommends longer winter break after staff survey; final vote Dec. 15

Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Board of Education · December 2, 2025
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District calendar committee recommended Option 1 — a longer winter break — after staff surveys showed 58% support. Committee also adopted teacher-flex options for August prep time and will seek board approval on Dec. 15.

The Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District calendar committee recommended a two-year cycle that keeps a longer winter break after reporting that a majority of staff preferred that schedule, district officials said Monday.

Director of Employee Services Dr. Barb Buffington told the board that 652 staff members responded to the 2026–27 calendar survey and 644 to the 2027–28 survey, and that “58% of staff selected option 1 for both years, the option with a…

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