On October 9, the District’s calendar committee sent out a calendar survey as they work to develop the 2025-2026 school year calendar. The calendar committee would like to thank the Fox C-6 family for taking the time to share input regarding your preferences for the school district’s calendar. The input provided will be used to develop the district’s calendar for the coming years.
To provide transparency and insight into the calendar planning process, the calendar committee is sharing the results of this survey.
Demographic Information
The calendar survey was open for one week, opening on October 9 and closing on October 16. In total,1,821 people completed the survey. Survey completion was made up of the following:
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1,147 (63%) parents/caregivers
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457 (25%) staff members
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217 (12%) people identified themselves as both staff members and parents/caregivers
All grade levels and areas of district support were represented in the survey, with the largest portion of respondents identifying as “elementary” families or staff members. The chart below shows the full breakdown of survey respondents.
Parent-Teacher Conferences
The survey asked respondents for their preferences on parent-teacher conferences. In total, 51% of respondents preferred a half day of staff development followed by conferences. Parents/caregivers (46%) and staff members (61%) also favored this structure of conference days. This is the district’s current model for parent-teacher conference days. The full breakdown of preferences for parent-teacher conferences is in the chart below.
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Parent-Teacher Conferences |
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All |
Parents/ Caregivers |
Staff |
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Half day of PD followed by conferences |
51% |
46% |
61% |
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Half day of school followed by conferences |
10% |
10% |
13% |
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No preference |
36% |
41% |
19% |
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Other |
3% |
3% |
7% |
Calendar Priorities
The survey also asked respondents to rank items on a scale of very important to very unimportant. For all three demographic categories, the five most important items were similar. See the chart below for the five most important considerations when planning the 2025-2026 school year calendar.
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Calendar Priorities by Group |
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All |
Parents/ Caregivers |
Staff |
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Ending school before Memorial Day |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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16 days off for winter break (two full work weeks plus three weekends) |
2 |
4 |
2 |
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A full week off for spring break |
3 |
2 |
6 |
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Not having ot make up inclement weather days |
4 |
3 |
3 |
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Wednesday before Thanksgiving off school |
5 |
6 |
4 |
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No school for students on election days |
6 |
5 |
10 |
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First semester ends prior to winter break |
7 |
7 |
9 |
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No school on the day following parent-teacher conferences |
8 |
11 |
5 |
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One day off at Easter (could be either the Friday before or Monday after depending on the calendar( |
9 |
8 |
8 |
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First day of school is mid-week (Tuesday or Wednesday rather than Monday) |
10 |
9 |
7 |
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Scheduling spring break for the third week of March to better align with our neighboring districts |
11 |
10 |
13 |
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Early release days for students on the last day of first semester and last day of school |
12 |
13 |
11 |
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First and second semester have approximately the same number of school days |
13 |
12 |
15 |
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Fall Break (for example, two or three days off in October) |
14 |
14 |
14 |
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Moving parent-teacher conferences from the Mondays before an election back to Thursday |
15 |
15 |
12 |
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Separating PD days from parent-teacher conferences |
16 |
16 |
16 |
When ranking most important to least important calendar considerations, ending the first semester before winter break ranked the 7th most important priority for all respondents and for parents/caregivers and the 9th most important priority for staff members.
To review the full results from the 2025-2026 calendar survey, please use the links below.
In the coming months, families and staff members should be on the lookout for additional communication from the calendar committee regarding the school calendar.
Full Survey Results
