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Liberty Hill ISD weighs 'innovative' 2025–26 calendar, including potential 4‑day student week
Summary
District staff presented three calendar options and a B‑plus variant that would condense staff development time and could produce a student 4‑day week; trustees asked about instructional minutes, childcare, extracurricular impacts and MLK Day. Board directed staff to gather more input before a February vote.
Chris Motel, calendar presenter for Liberty Hill ISD, outlined three proposed 2025–26 academic calendars and a B‑plus variant, saying the options range from a traditional 168‑day model to a true 4‑day student week that would reduce student days to about 160 and require minor daily minute adjustments to meet the state minimum of 75,600 instructional minutes.
"Calendar B is only three student days different from Calendar A," Motel said, describing Calendar B as an "innovative" format that consolidates staff development days in the middle of semesters. He told trustees the district could meet state minute requirements by adding a modest number of…
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