Pflugerville - Hutto | February 2024

BY BRITTANY ANDERSON & BROOKE SJOBERG

In preparation for the upcom- ing school year, the Pugerville ISD board of trustees approved the 2024-25 school calendar during a Jan. 18 board meeting. The background From Dec. 19-Jan. 18, parents, students and other community members provided feedback on two calendar options put forward by the District Academic Advisory Council. According to Adelaida Olivarez, chief academic and innovation ocer, over 1,800 responses were recorded. The board selected the calendar option favored by 60% of the respondents. Dates to know Per the approved calendar, there are a total of 187 teacher work days and 172.5 instructional days. Students will start classes Aug. 13 and end May 22, while teachers will start Aug. 2 and end Pugerville ISD board approves 202425 calendar

School holidays Sept. 2: Labor Day Oct. 11: parent/teacher conference day (student holiday only) Oct. 14: Indigenous Peoples’ Day (student holiday only) Nov. 1: Diwali Nov. 25-29: Thanksgiving break Dec. 20-Jan. 6: winter break Jan. 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Feb. 17: Presidents’ Day/bad weather makeup day March 17-22: spring break, which coincides with The University of Texas as well as Austin, Round Rock, Georgetown and Leander ISDs April 18: Good Friday Early release days include: Oct. 31: Halloween Dec. 19: winter break May 22: last day of school

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May 23. There are also two bad weather days built into the calendar. If needed, Feb. 17 will be the rst day used and May 23 will be used as the second.

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PfISD to continue volunteer policy for chaplains after state law change

Pugerville ISD trustees chose to continue its policy allowing chaplains to act as volunteers. This comes as a new state law allowing Texas schools to hire chaplains as counselors went into eect last year. What you need to know By voting at the Dec. 19 meet- ing, the PfISD board of trustees are in compliance with Senate Bill 763, which went into eect Sept. 1. District sta claried

that the recommendation to allow chaplains to volunteer in the district but not be employed as counselors solely based on their status as such does not bar them from working for the district in other capacities if they meet all requirements and are determined to be the best t for the position. School boards across the state were required to vote individu- ally on their respective policies.

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