In a unanimous vote Thursday, Houston ISD’s Board of Managers approved an academic calendar that would start the 2025-26 school year on Aug. 12 and end the year on June 4 for students.

Houston ISD’s final proposed draft of the calendar for the 2025-26 academic year does not provide students with a day off for Eid al-Fitr, a significant Muslim holiday that the district began ...

Houston ISD’s calendar for next school year does not include a holiday for Eid al-Fitr — one of the biggest celebrations in the Islamic faith — and a local Muslim organization is calling on ...

A Muslim advocacy group is urging the Houston ISD board to recognize the Eid-al-Fitr holiday—one week after the state-appointed board voted to take the Muslim holiday off the 2025-26 calendar.