To inform the creation of the school calendars for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 academic years, we solicited feedback on which of the following factors are important to parents/guardians and staff:

• Minimize the number of weeks that have fewer than five student learning days.
• Roughly balance the number of student days in each quarter and semester.
• Place grading days adjacent to weekends.
• End the school year in the first half of June.
• Preserve a fall break during the week of Thanksgiving.
• Ensure winter break includes two full weeks (e.g., starts and ends on a Monday rather than mid-week).
• Place staff development workdays near weekends or other non-student days.
• Align with local university calendars.
• Align with nearby school district calendars.

The results of the survey are on the right.