BY ETHAN THOMAS & AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
NBISD, CISD approve new academic calendars The Comal ISD and New Braunfels ISD boards of trustees approved academic calendars during their January meetings. What you need to know CISD approved academic calendars for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 school years. The new calendars were developed with guidance from the Districtwide Educational Improvement Council, or DEIC, a committee made up of teachers, administrators, parents and community members, according to board documents. The primary difference between the newly approved CISD calendar and recent years is a later start date in August, which results in the school year ending one week later in May, according to the meeting presentation.
Comal ISD calls May general election During its regular school board meeting Jan. 22, the Comal ISD board of trustees unanimously approved calling a May general election for Single-Member Districts 3 and 4. Some details The general election will take place May 2. Both trustee seats are for a three-year term, according to board documents. Portions of each single-member district are situated in Comal, Hays and Kendall counties. The district will contract with Comal County to administer the election in all three coun- ties, according to board documents. Trustee Jason York is currently serving on the board in the Single-Member District 3 seat. Board Vice President Russ Garner is serving in the Single-Member District 4 seat.
The districts will observe the following student and staff holidays:
Sept. 7: Labor Day Oct. 12: Columbus Day*
Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break Dec. 21-Jan. 1, 2027: Winter break Jan. 18, 2027: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Feb. 15, 2027: Presidents Day March 8-12, 2027: Spring break April 16, 2027: Good Friday* NOTE*: GOOD FRIDAY AND COLUMBUS DAY HOLIDAYS ARE ONLY BEING OBSERVED BY NBISD.
SOURCE: COMAL, NEW BRAUNFELS ISDS/COMMUNITY IMPACT
What else? NBISD trustees approved the district’s academic calendar for the 2026-27 school year, which was also developed by the district’s respective DEIC, said at the Nov. 10 meeting. NBISD teachers will return to work Aug. 3. School will begin Aug. 17 and end May 21. Graduations will be held May 23, according to the district website.
Comal ISD approves $58.43M price tag for construction of Elementary School No. 22 The Comal ISD board of trustees approved a Guaranteed Maximum Price No. 2, or GMP-2, of approximately $58.43 million for the construction of Elementary School No. 22 on Jan. 22. What it means The approval marks the final step in a three- S. CRANES MILL RD. MEYER PKWY. MEYER RANCH RD. Meyer Ranch included in the first guaranteed maximum price, according to board documents.
Elementary School No. 22 will be located in the Meyer Ranch development. The 110,000-square- foot campus is designed to serve approximately 800 students. While an exact address has not yet been confirmed, the Meyer Ranch development is located along S. Crane Mills Road near Hwy. 46 West, as previously reported by Community Impact .
phase process to select and authorize the project. GMP-2 covers the remaining construction work not
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