Thank you for your time to consider and provide input for future academic calendars. We completed initial work with staff and several parent groups, and we request feedback on four primary areas. With this feedback, the school will produce one or more calendar options.
- Start and end dates;
- Format of school breaks;
- Consideration of a four-day school week; and
- Preferences for Presentations of Learning.
This survey is anonymous, and we appreciate your time and thoughts for feedback. It will take 5-10 minutes of time, depending on how much open-ended feedback you provide. Survey feedback will be shared with the board and calendars approved at the January or February regular board meeting. The board approves calendars on a two-year cycle.
Here is some background on the academic calendar.
- Ouray’s calendar has historically started one week before Labor day and ended the Friday following Memorial Day.
- Graduation has historically been on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend with Senior Awards the previous evening.
- Academic calendar has favored periodic three-day weekends and a four-day fall break early in quarter 2.
- Calendar traditionally seeks to align with Ridgway on start/end and major breaks (Winter & Spring breaks).
- Ouray Board of Education adopts a calendar concept for two academic years to provide consistency and school/family planning.
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Source: Ouray 2025 School Calendar Feedback