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Calendar committee offers 5-day and 4-day schedules; board weighs Friday graduation option
Summary
The calendar subcommittee presented two candidate calendars — a traditional 5-day option and a 4-day option with extended daily minutes — and proposed moving graduation to Friday; the board discussed logistics, safety and athletics conflicts and asked for a community survey.
The calendar subcommittee presented two draft school calendars for community feedback and eventual board action. Superintendent Dr. Segura said the committee has developed both a 5-day and a 4-day calendar for review and that the next step is community outreach and a survey before a board recommendation.
"The calendar subcommittee has been busy at work. They developed a 5 day calendar as well as a 4 day calendar for review and discussion," Dr. Segura said. Key proposals include moving graduation to a Friday at 10 a.m., treating Indigenous Peoples' Day and Veterans' Day as instructional celebration days rather than days off, a jump-start day for transitional grade levels, and adjusted start/end times for a 4-day week (an additional ~40 minutes daily to meet state-hour requirements).
Board members raised operational concerns: one member worried that a Friday morning graduation could create traffic and safety challenges on the district's rural roadways; another member noted Memorial Day weekend historically reduces attendance for graduations and suggested testing a Friday date as a trial. Athletic schedules and state tournament dates were cited as constraints to minimize conflicts.
The board asked the administration to run a community survey and to present survey results and a staff- and athletics-impact analysis before voting on a final calendar.
