Under the approved 2025-2026 academic calendar, School days would go to a 4-day week Monday through Thursday for four of the 5 weeks in October.
02-20-25
By Michael Robinson | Uvalde Hesperian
At Monday night’s Uvalde CISD school board meeting on February 17th, 2025, the board of trustees approved the 2025 -2026 Academic Calendar Board approved Calendar C over two others that were under consideration for the 2025-2026 school year which according to Superintendent Ashley Chohlis, meets the State of Texas requirements of 75,600 minutes of classroom instruction per calendar year.
Three proposed calendars were voted on by teachers and staff members.
Uvalde ISD Chief Instructional Officer Amy Graeber presented the calendar agenda items. Under the proposed Calendar C, instructional days during four weeks during the month of October 2025 would be Monday through Thursday with Fridays being designated supplemental instruction to tier 2 students needing tutoring as well as utilized for professional development and planning time for teachers.
Chohlis referred to October as “Shock-tober” as a long, difficult month for students soon after the start of the Fall Semester.
Additionally, because of the days off, it would reduce the operational costs on electricity use and not running school buses.
Under the new calendar, August 6th would be the first day of school for the 2025 Fall Semester and the last day of school would be May 28th, 2026.
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