Changes were made to the school calendar of the Austin ISD in a December meeting of its board of trustees for school year 2016-2017. Since classes start on August 22, here's a list of recently-approved changes parents should be aware of:

1. Students and faculty are provided a full week off for the Thanksgiving holiday on November 21-25. (In contrast with last year's Nov. 25-27 break).

2. Staff will have nine winter break days instead of ten, from December 21, 2016 to January 2, 2017. AISD students will have ten winter break days, from December 21, 2016 to January 3, 2017.

3. The first day of classes is August 22.

4. Scheduled staff development days are: January 3, 2017, April 14, 2017, and May 26, 2017.

5. The last day of classess for students is June 1, 2017.

6. The last teacher workday is June 2, 2017.

7. Bad weather makeup days are scheduled for February 20, 2017 (President's Day) and May 26, 2017.

For more info on AISD events or for a complete pdf copy of the 2016-2017 school year calendar, please click on this link.