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Board approves 2026–27 calendar contingent on signed MOU and adopts resolution reducing instructional days by three
Summary
The board approved the 2026–27 school calendar after amending the motion to require a signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the teachers’ unit and to attach a resolution acknowledging a three‑day reduction in student days while confirming the district remains above state minimum instructional hours.
The Buckeye Valley Board of Education approved the district’s proposed 2026–27 calendar on Tuesday after amending the motion to require a signed memorandum of understanding with the Buckeye Valley Teachers Association and to attach a resolution formally acknowledging a three‑day reduction in student days.
Speaker 1 summarized calendar details: the proposed calendar contains 175 student days and various total instructional‑hour counts (for example, 1,133 hours for high school). Because the proposed year has three fewer student days than 2025–26, state statute requires a board resolution to approve any reduction in instructional hours. The board adopted the following resolution language on the record: that instructional hours for 2026–27 will be reduced by the equivalent of three school days and that the district remains above the required state minimum hours.
"I am willing to accept [the amended motion]" Speaker 1 said during the discussion, indicating approval would be conditioned on a signed MOU from the teachers’ unit. Several trustees raised minor calendar‑display questions and sought clarification on teacher work‑day coloring in the published calendar; administrators agreed to correct the legend.
Board action: The amended motion (approval pending a signed MOU and the attached resolution) passed in a recorded vote. The administration said it will finalize the MOU with BBTA and attach the resolution to the posted calendar.
