WIMBERLEY — At its Feb. 12 meeting, the Wimberley ISD Board of Trustees approved the district’s 2024-25 academic calendar.
The construction of the calendar was led by Assistant Superintendent Jason Valentine, who relied on input and feedback from multiple groups, consisting of parents and staff members. The District Educational Improvement Committee (DEIC) and the Superintendent’s Faculty Advisory Committee (SFAC) both submitted features they wanted to see in the calendar, while balancing state requirements that include instructional minutes, student holidays and other dates. Six different draft calendars were created that reflected this input.
Feedback from the DEIC and SFAC narrowed down the number of options from six to two and the WISD staff was given the option to vote on the two final calendar versions via a staff survey.
The final version, which was the one the board approved, was the top choice among staff and features the following calendar highlights:
• Waiver in-district professional development July 29 – Aug. 2, 2024
• Teacher in-service begins on Aug. 5, 2024
• First day of school – Aug. 14, 2024
• Last day of school – May 22, 2025
• Nov. 1 is a parent conference day for Blue Hole Primary and Jacob’s Well Elementary and a teacher professional development/in-service day for junior high/high school (no classes for students at any campus)
• Christmas break is Dec. 19 – Jan. 6 (teachers return on Monday, Jan. 6; students return on Tuesday, Jan. 7)
• Spring break is March 17 – 21
• There are four-day weekends for students on Oct. 11-14, Feb. 14-17 (Presidents Day) and April 18-21 (Easter weekend)
• Graduation is scheduled for Friday, May 16, 2025
• May 23 is a teacher work day
• There are also extra instruction days built into the calendar to allow for potential weather events or unplanned early releases.
WISD extended a special thank you to the calendar sponsors for the 2024-25 academic calendar: The Bailey Group – Hill Country Real Estate and Texas Regional Bank. These sponsorships will allow WISD to distribute magnetic calendars to each of its students and staff members in August.
