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Board keeps published 2026–27 spring break dates after community requests
Summary
After hearing from community stakeholders and trustees, the board voted to keep the published spring break calendar for next school year, citing disruption concerns and coordination with feeder districts and community organizations.
Trustees voted to keep the published spring break dates for the 2026–27 school year following staff presentations and public comment emphasizing community scheduling impacts.
Trustee Witcher moved that the district maintain the current calendar for the upcoming year and defer any calendar shift to a later time; the motion received a second and passed unanimously. Trustees and community speakers—representatives from youth organizations and local businesses including Glacier Ice Rink—asked the board to avoid mid‑year changes because many community programs, tournaments and family plans were scheduled in coordination with the published calendar.
Trustees and staff noted the calendar committee will continue to evaluate timing and logistics for future years and will bring recommendations forward; speakers urged sensitivity to student teaching hours, lab school requirements and community partner schedules. The decision applies to the upcoming school year; the board did not preclude future revisions following committee recommendations.
Public commenters included Scott Shook and Laura Henning, who described program coordination and visitation numbers to support keeping the schedule as published. The vote was unanimous to trustees present.
