What you need to know
Presented by Esmeralda Munoz, executive director of learning support, the reduction of the school year to 175 days is due to a change in state law, where districts are still required to meet the 75,600 instructional minutes, but not required to maintain a 180-day school year.
Additionally, the updated school year will also allow the district greater flexibility when using Additional Days School Year, or ADSY, funding for summer school. District officials made the decision to push for a 175-day school year after polling families and district staff.
Munoz said the new calendar will not impact summer school or funding.
“[The 175-day calendar] is a relatively new initiative that was actually just approved this last year in 2025,” Munoz said. “The state decided to let us know that it's not 177 and 180 anymore. The ADSY funding is now applicable to the 175-day calendar, and so the impact to summer programs actually does not exist in a 175-day calendar.”
Munoz said that prior to bringing the proposed calendar to the board, district staff created two 175-day calendars and two 180-day calendars and gathered feedback from both the community and staff members. Staff then held votes to narrow down which calendar to present to the board.
The new school year will begin Aug. 17, 2026, and end May 27, 2027.
