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After heated public comment, Elk Grove board approves Adriani Elementary calendar conversion 4–3
Summary
The board voted 4–3 to convert Arnold Adriani Elementary from a traditional calendar to a four-track year‑round calendar beginning July 2027. Parents and community members urged portables or boundary changes instead, citing childcare, sibling schedules and special‑education concerns; staff said conversion avoids construction of multiple new schools.
Elk Grove — After more than two hours of public comment and extended board debate, the Elk Grove Unified School District board voted 4–3 to convert Arnold Adriani Elementary from a traditional calendar to a four-track year-round calendar, citing long-term capacity needs and the goal of keeping neighborhood students at their home school.
Dr. Coats and facilities planners told the board that Adriani is over capacity and that conversion to a year‑round, multi‑track model would expand effective capacity (roughly a 25% increase) and reduce the need for constructing additional elementary campuses. Staff proposed temporary relocatable classrooms this summer to reduce the number of offloaded students for 2026–27 and presented an 18‑month timeline to…
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