Agua Fria board adopts proposed 2026–27 and 2027–28 school calendars after discussion

The Agua Fria Union High School District governing board voted Dec. 10, 2025, to adopt the presented school calendars for the 2026–27 and 2027–28 school years after a staff presentation and trustee questions about instructional days and scheduling.

Staff said the calendar committee surveyed administrators, counselors and teachers (22 responses) and presented two options: a 172‑day calendar that reduces two professional learning days and a 175‑day calendar that retains those professional learning days and adds three instructional days. The committee recommended specific days to change — Fridays around Labor Day and Presidents' Day and the Monday during the April break — choices staff said were nearly unanimous among committee respondents.

Trustees asked whether the district had considered moving toward a standard 180‑day instruction year; staff and the calendar lead said 180 days had been considered but that transitioning to 180 days was judged poor timing given professional development needs and other constraints. Trustees also sought clarification about how graduation scheduling could affect the calendar; staff said if graduation moves to a Saturday the board could add a day or treat the change differently.

After discussion, a board member moved to approve the calendars as presented. The motion passed on roll call with recorded affirmative votes from trustees identified in the record as Silk, Miller, Colton, Landis and Acton. The transcript records the motion and subsequent second but does not provide the mover’s and seconder’s full names beyond the roll‑call voting sequence in the record.

The board did not adopt any additional changes to the calendars during the meeting and directed staff to proceed with the adopted options.