Shaping Our Schools' Future: Community Input Sought for 2025-2027 Academic Calendars

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The development of the 2025-2027 academic calendars started with a survey in April, which collected feedback from staff and stakeholders. This step helped the Calendar Committee and the School Improvement Advisory Committee (SIAC) understand the community's preferences and concerns.

In May, the committees analyzed the survey results, focusing on six suggested changes. These changes included switching to full-day professional learning days, adding extra non-contract days for more holidays, planning early dismissals before breaks, mixing year-round calendar elements with the traditional calendar, changing elementary and secondary school start and end times, and lengthening parent-teacher conference times.

During their discussions, the committees prioritized full-day professional learning, flexible parent-teacher conference schedules, incorporating year-round calendar elements, and scheduling early dismissals before breaks.

Based on these priorities, the committees created two draft calendar options for each academic year. These drafts are designed to meet community preferences and improve educational effectiveness and operational efficiency.