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Student member: Board approved 2025–26 school calendar after wider community survey
Summary
Ona Swanson, the Kent County Public Schools student member, said the board approved the 2025–26 school calendar after a renewed community survey more than doubled responses; key dates include an Aug. 25 start and an end date of June 12. Vote details were not specified in the report.
Ona Swanson, the student member of the Kent County Public Schools board, said the board approved the 2025–26 school calendar after the district re-ran a community survey to gather more input.
Swanson said the district initially received about 200 responses to the January survey, then pushed the survey out again and “more than doubled our responses.” She highlighted student participation in particular: “We went from 12 to 140 responses, which is super awesome and something to be proud of.”
According to Swanson, the calendar selected by the majority of respondents includes a school start date of Aug. 25, two full weeks of winter break, a full week of spring break, and an end date of June 12. She said the full calendar is posted on the Kent County Public Schools website and on BoardDocs for those seeking details.
Swanson thanked district staff and community members who helped distribute the survey and encouraged continued participation in district planning. She did not provide vote tallies or a formal motion text in the report; the transcript references an approval but does not specify how the board recorded the vote.
