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Board reviews 2026–27 calendar changes and approves instructional‑materials certification
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Summary
Trustees heard a proposed 2026–27 academic calendar that reduces RTI days, adds two parent‑teacher conference days, adds instructional minutes for bad‑weather waivers and will be put to employee survey (responses due May 6) before a planned May 18 adoption; the board also approved certification of provision of instructional materials required to retain EMAT funds.
The school board reviewed the proposed 2026–27 academic calendar and approved administration’s recommendation to certify the district’s provision of instructional materials for the 2026–27 school year.
Administrator Amy Childress presented the calendar, noting it mirrors the current 2025–26 calendar with several changes: RTI days are reduced from five to three to accommodate legislative requirements that mandate two parent‑teacher conference days; Memorial Day falls outside the academic year for 2026–27, so the district added a holiday; and the district added instructional minutes for pre‑K through eighth grades to allow three bad‑weather waiver days rather than the single waiver currently in place.
Childress said the district will launch an employee survey on Wednesday, April 22, with responses due May 6, and administration plans to bring the calendar to the May 18 board meeting for adoption. She said the committee solicited campus feedback and received only formatting comments and one scheduling suggestion that was not adopted because it would have prevented the semester ending before winter break.
Separately, Jane Villareal presented the required certification that the district provides instructional materials aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills and complies with internet‑filtering and other statutory requirements. Villareal said completion of the prework form and board signature is necessary to secure EMAT funding, and asked the board to authorize the president and secretary to sign the certification survey.
The board voted unanimously to approve the certification and heard that some purchases associated with curriculum adoptions (including consumables) will be brought to the board for purchase orders when EMAT reopens in mid‑May.
What’s next: administration will collect survey responses through May 6, return a finalized calendar for board adoption May 18, and present any large curriculum purchases for board action when EMAT funds are available.
