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Area Superintendent recommends Board approve Version C of Leander ISD 2025–26 academic calendar
Summary
Leander ISD administration recommends the Board approve Version C of the 2025–2026 academic calendar and accept Version C as the draft for 2026–2027. Version C was the most-selected option in district survey results and maintains 172 student days and 187 teacher days, meeting state minute requirements.
Angela Hodges, M.Ed., Area Superintendent, presented the district’s recommendation that the Board approve Version C of the 2025–2026 academic calendar and accept Version C of the 2026–2027 draft. The recommendation in the agenda packet reads: "Administration recommends the Board approve version C of the 2025-2026 Academic Calendar and accept version C of the 2026-2027 Draft Academic Calendar as presented." The packet notes calendar attributes of 172 student days and 187 teacher days and cites applicable Texas law on teacher days and operational minutes.
Staff summarized two rounds of community feedback. Survey 1 reported 1,617 respondents favoring fall and winter breaks and other features; Survey 2 drew 2,786 respondents and showed 50% selecting Version C (Version A 29%, Version B 21%). The packet highlights trade-offs among options, including start-day differences, whether the last day falls before Memorial Day, and requests for additional staff breaks (notably an October break and continued October parent-teacher conference timing). The agenda materials also list operational minutes by level (elementary/middle 435 minutes/day = 76,530; high school 440 minutes/day = 77,380) and cite Texas Education Code provisions relevant to teacher days and minutes (e.g., Tex. Educ. Code §§ 21.40; 25.081; 25.0851).
