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Brevard school board reviews three 2027–28 calendar options, asks staff to explore adding instructional minutes
Summary
District staff presented three draft 2027–28 calendars — weekly early releases, monthly early releases and no early releases — and the board directed staff to explore eliminating some or all early‑release Fridays or slightly lengthening school days to increase instructional minutes and reduce hurricane make‑up days.
District staff presented three draft calendars for the 2027–28 school year and asked the school board for feedback on trade‑offs between early‑release Fridays and instructional minutes. The presenter said the district must meet state requirements (720 instructional hours for grades K–3 and 900 hours for grades 4–12) and the 180‑day (or equivalent minutes) rule, and that any change to Friday early release would require negotiations with the teachers’ union.
The presenter outlined three options: the current model with…
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