The Board of Education of Iron County School District approved the traditional calendar for 2026-27. However, the board also agreed it would continue to discuss different options for future school years.
Board member Tyrel Eddy moved to approve the traditional calendar for 2026-27, but also to submit to the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) a request to implement a modified four-day calendar for 2027-28. His motion also suggested a freeze on Cost of Living Adjustments for one year and using the savings to build a new elementary school.
“This has been a very, very in-depth process,” Eddy said of the months the Board has discussed a modified calendar. “We’ve done two surveys to the community. We’ve done two surveys to the schools. We’ve held town halls. We’ve all received an enormous amount of email correspondence, phone calls. It’s been a lot.”
Eddy said that when surveys show more than 60% support from the community and higher than 70% support from staff, it cannot disregard that endorsement of a four-day school week.
Several board members spoke to the motion. They agreed that for this coming year, the traditional schedule was the best option and needed to be adopted to help families and teachers plan. However, they expressed that more discussion needed to take place before requesting approval of a modified schedule from the USBE.
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