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Medford board adopts 2025–26 school-year calendar, considers moving grading days to Fridays
Summary
The Medford School District Board adopted the 2025–26 school year calendar and discussed shifting grading days to Fridays, emphasizing engagement with staff, parents and families before adoption.
The Medford School District Board voted unanimously on Jan. 23 to adopt the 2025–26 school-year calendar, including scheduled board meeting dates. Suzanne Messer moved to adopt the calendar; Kendell Ferguson seconded the motion and the roll call vote was 7-0 in favor.
During discussion prior to the vote directors raised the possibility of moving grading days to Fridays and emphasized presenting the calendar to staff, parents and families before final adoption. The motion text recorded in the minutes states, "I move to adopt the 2025-2026 school year calendar as presented," as offered by Suzanne Messer and seconded by Kendell Ferguson. The minutes do not list calendar specifics such as the first and last student days or holiday schedule; those details are in the presentation slide deck available on the district website.
