Houston ISD approved the proposed academic calendar for its 2022-23 school year during a Feb. 10 board meeting.

According to a Feb. 10 press release, the calendar moves the last day of first semester to before winter break and adds an extra spring holiday for April.

Holidays include one week for Thanksgiving break, two weeks for winter break and one week for spring break. Other staff and student holidays include Labor Day, Martin Luther King Day, Chavez-Huerta Day and Memorial Day.

The district will also implement a fall holiday Oct. 5 and two spring holidays April 7 and April 21.

Students start school Aug. 22 and end on May 31, 2023.