Owsley County Board Approves Calendar Change Making Feb. 16 Instructional Day

The Owsley County Board of Education approved a calendar amendment to recover instructional time lost to recent winter weather, and the district live-feed posted Feb. 15, 2026 stated that "February 16, 2026 will be a regular instructional day." The action was announced on the district's live-feed and applies to the 2025-2026 school calendar maintained by Owsley County Schools.

The live-feed posting on Feb. 15, 2026 described the amendment as intended "to recover instructional time lost to recent winter weather." The supplied excerpt of that live-feed notice is incomplete; the text provided to this reporter ends abruptly at the word "and March," so any March changes referenced in the live-feed have not been verified from the available excerpt.

Owsley County School District maintains its 2025-2026 School Calendar on the district site, where a date string of "June 9, 2025" appears under the calendar heading. The district's administrative address listed on the site is 14 Old HWY 11, Booneville, KY 41314, with phone 606-593-6363 and fax 606-593-6368 for families and staff seeking confirmation of the calendar change or specifics about schedules and services.

The district webpage content captured for this report includes headings "2025-2026 School Calendar" and "Owsley County Schools" and contains an embedded "Stay Connected" graphic code fragment: App'%3e%3cpath%20d='M10.436%206.67302C10.145%206.98102%209.97302%207.45902%209.97302%208.07802V30.194C9.97302%2030.814%2010.145%2031.291%2010.436%2031.599L10.51%2031.671L22.899%2019.282V19.136V18.99L10.51%206.60002L10.436%206.67302Z'%20fill='url(%23paint0_linear)'/%3e... (snippet truncated in source). That page also lists the district contact information noted above.

The live-feed announcement did not include, in the provided excerpt, details about transportation, extracurricular activities, bell schedules, or whether Feb. 16 replaces a previously scheduled non-instructional day. For those operational details, the district office at 14 Old HWY 11 or the phone number 606-593-6363 can provide confirmation and the full amended calendar file.

This reporter will obtain the full district live-feed transcript posted Feb. 15, 2026 and request the Owsley County Board of Education minutes for the meeting that approved the amendment to confirm the complete language (the supplied excerpt ends at "and March"), the vote record, and any other make-up dates for the 2025-2026 calendar.