2025-26 Calendar Options
About the 2025-2026 School Calendar Options
This year there are three draft calendars for consideration. Each option considers instructional needs, professional development (PD), workdays, and breaks to balance student learning with staff support and well-being.
All calendar options include:
- At least 75,600 operational minutes (465 minutes for each full day of instruction)
- A minimum bank of 840 additional minutes to use in the event of bad weather and other issues of health and safety, as required by the Texas Education Agency
- Professional learning and teacher planning embedded within the school year
- Consistent and regular breaks each month including a fall break
- Traditional holiday structure (a weeklong Thanksgiving break, a two-week winter break, a weeklong Spring Break)
- End the 1st semester before winter break
- End the school year on May 21
After reviewing each calendar below, take the survey and give us your feedback. Survey closes January 5 at midnight.
Calendar Option A: (Reflects current calendar)
Key Features:
- Reflects 24-25 Calendar
- Start Date on a Tuesday
- Breaks: Fall Break, Early Spring Break
- Exchange Days: 6 (Fall Break & April 6)
- Professional Development Days: 9
- Workdays: 7
- Additional Breaks: Labor Day, MLK Day, Presidents’ Day
Option A
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Option A - Spanish
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Calendar Option B: (created from Staff Feedback)
Key Features:
- Start Date on Wednesday
- Breaks: Fall Break, Early Spring Break
- Exchange Days: 4 (3 in Fall Break & April 3)
- Professional Development Days: 9
- Workdays: 8 (3 at the beginning of the year and one at the end of each grading period)
- Additional Breaks: Labor Day, MLK Day, Presidents’ Day, Good Friday
Option B
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Option B - Spanish
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Calendar Option C:
Key Features:
- Same calendar as Calendar B, but with Later Spring Break
- Spring Break March 16-20, 2026
- Start on Wednesday, Fall Break
- Exchange Days: 4
- Professional Development Days: 9
- Workdays: 8
- Additional Breaks: Labor Day, MLK Day, President's Day, Good Friday
Option C
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Option C - Spanish
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