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Warren County Schools presents two calendar options for 2025–26; students favored split spring break
Summary
District calendar committee presented two primary 2025–26 options (split March/April spring breaks vs. a full week in April) and opened a roughly two-week community survey; administrators said a recommendation will be compiled after stakeholder feedback.
At the Feb. 11 board meeting, Miss Clayton presented four draft calendars for the 2025–26 school year — two elementary and two secondary — that differ mainly on the timing of spring break.
The elementary drafts include an option with a split spring break (part in March and part in April) and an option with a full week in April. Miss Clayton said the elementary draft lists 176 student days; the secondary drafts show 175 student days and outline staff return dates and mandatory workdays. She noted the drafts indicate which staff development days are district-wide versus school-based, identified open-house dates, and added graduation dates for Warren Early College and Warren County High School.
Miss Clayton described other scheduling details: parent-teacher conference days followed by teacher professional development; an early-release day before winter break to allow staff wellness time; and testing windows late in the year (district testing windows begin in May, with Warren Early College and Warren County Middle School starting earlier than Warren County High School due to differences in semester schedules).
She said the calendar committee polled student advisory groups and reported that the participating students preferred the split spring break, noting, “Every one of those kids took the split spring break,” and cited student rationales: two shorter breaks spread across months. The board asked that the drafts be posted to solicit feedback from families, school staff and principals; administrators said they will release a survey and gather responses for about two weeks and return a recommendation to the board at its Feb. 25 work session and meeting.
Board members emphasized stakeholder input from teachers and principals before a final recommendation; Chair Layman said Representative Rodney Pierce had inquired about supporting legislation to let local districts create their own calendars and the board affirmed interest in that option.
No final calendar was adopted at the Feb. 11 meeting; the board directed administration to collect feedback and prepare a recommendation for the next meeting cycle.
