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Board approves MOU and one‑year calendar to align Pearson Early Learning with K–12
Summary
The board approved a memorandum of understanding and a one‑year interim calendar intended to better align the district’s fee‑based Pearson Early Learning Center operations with K–12 contract timelines and to form a 2026 work group to recommend long‑term changes.
The board approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at aligning Pearson Early Learning Center’s calendar and program administration with the district’s K–12 operations and authorized a one‑year interim calendar while a work group studies longer‑term solutions.
Presenters described structural differences between Pearson (a fee‑based early childhood program) and K–12 programming, noting funding and scheduling mismatches that affect teacher duty days, student contact days and funding flows. The MOU establishes a work group composed of district leaders, teacher representatives and program stakeholders that will operate January–December 2026 to develop recommendations for contract negotiations (2027–29 cycle).
The board-approved interim calendar preserves Pearson’s required student contact days for the coming year (the presenters noted 170 student contact days for Pearson under the one‑year plan) while converting some professional‑development hours into distributed weekly PD to preserve instructional time. The MOU and calendar passed by board motion.
The work group will study early childhood best practices, compare neighboring districts’ approaches, and propose solutions on calendar, program alignment and compensation structures to present to negotiators in the next contract round.
