The State of Texas requires school districts to have a minimum of 75,600 instructional minutes on their district calendar. Each year, Frenship ISD creates a district calendar that includes extra instructional minutes in the event school must be canceled or delayed for circumstances such as bad weather.

Due to these extra built-in minutes for the current school year, Frenship students will not be required to make up the instructional minutes for the recent weather cancelations on January 23, 26, and 27 or the delayed start on January 28.

The extra minutes cover these missed days in January, and students will not have to come to school on the designated “Weather Day” on April 3, 2026. This will remain a day off.

2025-2026 Approved District Calendar

Each school year, the Frenship ISD district calendar is created through collaboration with parents, Frenship administrators, staff, and representatives from all Frenship campuses. A survey with two draft calendars was provided to the community and pushed out to all parents and staff. After careful consideration based on feedback and survey results, and in-depth discussions by the Calendar Committee, the Board of Trustees approved the 2025-2026 district calendar. 

Calendar Requirements and Important Notes

• The State of Texas requires a minimum of 75,600 instructional minutes for students.
• The District is required to have 187 working days for teachers. This includes staff development days.
• The week of Thanksgiving shows two staff development days as November 24-25. All professional staff members are required to complete staff development hours prior to the beginning of school. These hours are part of the contract expectation and will allow for comp time the week of Thanksgiving, meaning staff will not have to work on November 24-25.