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Fairfield Area SD board weighs 2026–27 calendar and whether to move graduation off Memorial Day weekend
Summary
Board reviewed a draft 2026–27 calendar that adds one student day and proposes Dec. 18 as the last day before winter break. Members split over graduation timing and testing windows; staff will return two options for a vote at the next meeting.
The Fairfield Area School District board reviewed a committee-recommended 2026–27 calendar on Wednesday and spent more than an hour debating whether to keep graduation on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend or move it to avoid conflicts with family travel and state testing.
The presenter told the board the draft calendar ‘‘actually gives us an additional student day versus the current year's calendar’’ and recommended key dates including a teacher workday starting Aug. 14 and first student day Aug. 19. The draft also designates Pippin Fest as an Act 80 day, recommends the last student day before winter break…
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