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Board approves elementary early-release realignment and increased kindergarten instructional time
Summary
The Catalina Foothills board approved revisions to the 2026–27 student calendar—pairing elementary early-release days to boost cross-campus collaboration and moving all kindergarten schedules on early-release days to morning-only to add roughly 7.5 instructional days—and preliminarily approved the same approach for 2027–28.
The Catalina Foothills Unified School District governing board approved revisions to the 2026–27 student calendar at its April 7 meeting to consolidate elementary early-release days and to increase kindergarten instructional time.
Associate Superintendent Mindy Westover explained two changes: first, the district will pair elementary campuses so that two schools share the same early-release day (Canyon View with Manzanita; Sunrise Drive with Ventana…
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