Education
BY CHLOE YOUNG
LHISD adopts 2025 26 academic calendar Students in Liberty Hill ISD will attend school four days a week at several points throughout next school year. The board of trustees adopted the district’s 2025-26 academic calendar at its Feb. 18 meeting following nearly two hours of discussion. District o cials said the four-day student weeks are intended to help retain and recruit teachers as LHISD prepares to make multi-million dollar budget cuts. “We are in a desperate position to help teach- ers...” Place 1 board member Chris Neighbors said. “If we don’t do something, we’re going to be in for
3 candidates le for school board election Three candidates have led for a place on the ballot in the Liberty Hill ISD board of trustees election May 3. For Place 7, school board President Megan Parsons will run against challenger Cyndi Hauser. Incumbent Kristi Hargrove will run uncontested for Place 6. The overview On May 3, the district will hold an election for places 6 and 7 as trustees in these posi- tions reach the end of their three-year terms. The ling period for the election closed at 5 p.m. Feb. 14, with three applicants ling before the deadline. Parsons was rst elected in 2019 and became president of the board in 2020, according to district information. Hargrove was elected in 2021.
Liberty Hill Independent School District set its academic calendar for the 2025 26 school year in February.
Key Dates Aug. 12 : First day of school Nov. 24-28: Thanksgiving break
Dec. 22-Jan. 2: Winter break March 16-20: Spring break May 28: Early release for last day of school
SOURCE: LIBERTY HILL ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
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well as January through March and again in May. Both students and sta will attend school ve days a week for some of August through September along with December and April.
Under the hybrid calendar, students will attend class for four days a week followed by work days for sta on Fridays from October to November as
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