Board reviews amended June 2026 calendar and proposed 2026–27 schedule that shifts conferences and reduces elementary half days

Meredith, the presenter for calendar planning, explained an amended June 2026 calendar that corrects a template error and reduces the number of required make‑up days: because a prior template produced 181 student days instead of 180, the last student day is shifted to Monday, June 22 as a half day so the year counts correctly.

Meredith then walked through the draft 2026–27 calendar, saying the committee solicited more than 300 community survey responses and adjusted the schedule in response. She described two principal changes: moving fall conferences to October (after universal screening) and reducing March conference half days to a targeted invitation approach so teachers may meet in greater depth with a smaller set of students. "The response was, pretty overwhelmingly, to please make an adjustment in how we structure conferences and half days," Meredith said. She added that the calendar adds professional‑development time within contractual limits and includes a four‑day Teacher Appreciation weekend in May 2027.

Board members asked for a clearer color legend on the calendar and for explicit guidance on how specific makeup dates would be shown; Meredith and staff agreed to add a legend and to clarify how days (for example, May 28) would convert to half days depending on snow events so the district still reaches 180 student days. Questions about conference slot length and whether invitation-based meetings would allow longer sessions were discussed; Meredith said invitations would be targeted and could allow longer meetings for students identified for deeper intervention.