During the Monday night Brownwood School Board meeting, it was announced the 2022-23 school year will revert to 180 academic days as opposed to 172.

Brownwood ISD currently starts its school year on a Wednesday, enjoys a long weekend each month, has a week out for Thanksgiving, two weeks out for Christmas, a week for Spring Break and ends the year before Memorial Day.

Changes will need to be made to the school calendar as the aforementioned scenario is not possible in 180 days. Keeping the start of school on a Wednesday will stay as it benefits Pre-K and kindergarten students adjusting to school, and also provides a couple of days to resolve any potential issues on other campuses.

A total of 331 staff surveys were returned ranking the rest of the potential options and the No. 1 priority was two weeks at Christmas followed by a week off for Spring Break, and the week at Thanksgiving. The long weekend each month came in at No. 4 and getting out before Memorial Day ranked No. 5.

“With this information, we’re going to revisit the calendar options and bring a calendar to the March board meeting,” said Deputy Superintendent Liesa Land. “We will implement the top three choices in a couple of calendar options, but just know we probably can’t get all the way to No. 5. There’s just not enough days.”

(story courtesy Brownwoodnews.com)