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Galena board adopts 2025–26 school calendar with flexible parent-teacher conference options
Summary
The board approved the 2025–26 academic calendar, keeping the proposed August start and institute days and discussing options to schedule parent-teacher conferences (consecutive Wednesdays for lower grades or back-to-back days for older grades). The calendar was approved as presented by roll call.
The Galena City School District board unanimously approved the 2025–26 school calendar after staff outlined start dates and options for scheduling parent-teacher conferences.
As presented, the school year would begin Monday, Aug. 8, with institute days for staff on Aug. 14–15. Staff discussed two scheduling approaches for parent-teacher conferences: offering consecutive Wednesdays for early elementary grades (to ease scheduling for families with multiple students) or running back-to-back Wednesday/Thursday sessions for grades 6–12. Board members said the difference would not affect the state-approved calendar but might improve scheduling flexibility for families and staff.
The calendar includes a two-week winter break, a one-week spring break and an early end date near Memorial Day as in previous years. The board approved the calendar by roll call without amendment.
