BY HALEY VELASCO
Friendswood ISD posts 2025-26 calendar drafts Two instructional calendar drafts for the 2025-26 school year for Friendswood ISD, which are identical except for a few key dates, were made available for review ahead of board approval in January. The overview Draft A is the current instructional calendar, but shifted to apply to 2025-26 dates, Stacy Guzzetta, FISD’s executive director of student operations, said at the district’s board of trustees’ Dec. 9 meeting. FISD officials curated the second draft, or Draft B, after meeting with neighboring districts to align spring break with one another, as well as local community colleges, including San Jacinto College and College of the Mainlands, Guzzetta said at the meeting. Draft B was then taken for review and discussion to the District Advisory Committee and the Superintendent’s Advisory Committee in early December, district documents note.
Alvin ISD to speed up bond project starts Alvin ISD’s board of trustees approved a reimbursement resolution at its Dec. 10 meeting that will allow officials to begin bond projects sooner. The full story While trustees have issued the bond order for the $380.1 million of bonds approved in November, it typically takes a few months for the district to receive the funding, district documents note. The reimbursement resolution will allow the district to start bond projects using district funds that can be reimbursed later with the bond money, documents show. Officials did not clarify in agenda documents how much they expected the expended funds could be.
Dates in common
Aug. 12: First day of school Oct. 15-20: Fall break Oct. 15: Elementary parent conferences Nov. 24-28: Thanksgiving break Dec. 22-Jan. 2: Winter break Feb. 13-16: President’s Day and student holiday March 9-13: Spring break April 3-6: Good Friday and student holiday May 21: Last day of school
SOURCE: FRIENDSWOOD ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Draft A includes Oct. 31 as a professional learning day and student holiday. That date for Draft B falls on April 24, documents show. Stay tuned The drafts can be viewed on FISD’s website. Guzzetta said Draft B will most likely be the recommended draft that is presented at the board’s Jan. 13 meeting for consideration.
Pearland ISD approves property insurance contract Pearland ISD’s insurance for 2025 will be lower after the board of trustees on Dec. 10 renewed a contract for insurance coverage. What you need to know windstorm, as well as inland marine coverage, which is property transported by land, and equip- ment coverage, district documents show.
PISD’s annual premium costs
2024 2025
$2.76M
$2.5M
The new contract is a decrease of over $255,000 compared to the district’s 2024 total insurance premium, according to district documents. While some areas saw slight increases, property insurance decreased by nearly $260,000, accord- ing to district documents.
$24.2K $25.3K $20.8K $24K
PISD has a contract with Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance, an insurance, risk management and consulting services company. This contract covers property insurance coverage, including
Property (including windstorm)
Inland marine
Equipment
SOURCE: PEARLAND ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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