School calendar proposals received feedback and input from staff, students, the District Advisory and Accountability Committee, and the Board of Education before being approved on January 24, 2022.
The biggest challenge in the 2022-23 calendar was the proximity of Christmas to the typical Friday dismissal. To respect the feedback that some students and families might miss those days for travel, the calendar moved the dismissal for the break to Wednesday. The winter break returns to a Friday dismissal in 2023-24.
Student feedback to the calendar challenged why the school has holidays such as MLK and Presidents Day but not Veterans Day. The district decided to move forward to recognizing Veterans Day when it falls on a Friday or a Monday with a long weekend.
Ouray's academic calendar aligns with Ridgway School District for start and end dates, Thanksgiving, and Spring Break but has the small variation for the winter break stated above.