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School board adopts 2025–26 calendar, approves Principal and teacher contracts
Summary
The Denali Borough School Board adopted the 2025–26 school calendar and unanimously approved administrative and teacher contracts, including a principal contract and a full‑time English language arts hire.
The board voted to adopt the 2025–26 academic calendar (Option 1) after brief discussion of start/end dates and the Thanksgiving week configuration. The adopted calendar sets a student start date of Monday, Aug. 18, and a student last day of Friday, May 22, with a teacher work day on May 26.
In personnel actions, the board approved an updated contract for Garen (Darren) Martin as principal of Denali Peak for the 2025–26 school year. The board also unanimously approved a full‑time certified teaching contract for David Romine (English language arts) and authorized offers to a list of nontenured teachers and administrators for 2025–26 following completed evaluations.
Superintendent Dan said the hires respond to curricular needs and scheduling adjustments after recent staff changes and emphasized the district’s careful recruitment process (Alaska hiring boards, ISS, Indeed) and the small pool of applicants for remote postings. The motions for the calendar and the contracts passed by roll call; the board recorded unanimous support for these items.
What changed: the calendar adoption fixes the district’s instructional schedule for 2025–26; the personnel approvals restore classroom coverage and fill a principal role at Denali Peak. Next procedural steps: standard contract finalization and onboarding.
