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Brackett ISD proposes calendar changes: three curriculum planning days, two flex days
Summary
Administrators proposed using extra instructional minutes to create three curriculum planning days (Nov. 22, Jan. 17, March 14) and two flex/work days (Feb. 7, Apr. 4), saying the district would still meet state minute requirements and that the changes respond to teacher and advisory committee feedback.
District leaders proposed calendar revisions intended to give teachers more uninterrupted planning time and to create optional flex/work days. Speaker 4 explained that the district had surplus minutes (about 7.29 days, totaling approximately 78,990 minutes) and that the recommendation is to use six of those days: three districtwide curriculum planning days (Nov. 22, Jan. 17, March 14) and two teacher workday/flex days (Feb. 7, Apr. 4), plus one closure date tied to a state band competition. The administration said the flex days give teachers the option to invite a small group of students for remediation or to use the day for grading and parent conferences.
Administrators said the district advisory committee and most staff supported the change; six staff members opposed it, including four teachers. The superintendent explained campus administrators could use the days for student attendance makeup or discipline sessions when needed. The board discussed the proposed dates; no vote on final adoption appears in the provided transcript.
