The Conroe ISD board of trustees adopted the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school calendars during a board meeting Jan. 16.
What you need to know
The approved calendar includes 172-days of instruction with an Aug. 14 start date and the last day of school May 23.
Important dates in the 2024-25 academic year include:
Aug. 14: Start dateSept. 2: HolidayOct. 11: Staff developmentOct. 14: HolidayNov 4-5: Staff developmentDec. 23-Jan. 6: Winter BreakJan 7: Second semester startJan. 20: HolidayFeb 14: Staff developmentFeb. 17: HolidayMarch 10-14: Spring breakApril 18: HolidayApril 21: Staff developmentMay 23: Last day of schoolDec. 20 and May 23 will be early release days.
Hedith Sauceda-Upshaw, assistant superintendent for teaching and learning, said the major differences between Draft A and Draft B given in December, and the final draft, included changing:
- Aug. 5 to a workday
- Nov. 4 to a teacher exchange day
- Moving spring break one week earlier from March 17-21 to March 10-14
How we got hereThe board of trustees discussed school calendar options for the 2024-25 calendar during a Dec. 12 meeting.
After creating two different drafts, CISD put out a survey to get feedback from parents who are employees, parents only and employee’s only.
A total of 51.33% respondents voted for Draft A and 48.67% voted for Draft B.
The final draft approved was considered as Draft A.2.
Another detail
The approved calendar will apply to the 2024-25 school year, and a calendar was also approved for the 2025-26 school year with similar dates. The draft of the 2025-26 calendar is included in the board meeting packet.
Upshaw said the committee decided to present the calendar for the next two school years due to similar dates in both calendar years.
She said the difference in dates for 2025-26 regards the early release dates.
In 2025-26, early release dates will be:
"I like presenting two years in a row, that gives parents the time to plan those Disney vacations or trips with families," board member Theresa Wagaman said. "I think it's a good idea to do it two years in a row."