Troup County School Board Mulls Cutting 2010-2011 Calendar

From Troup County's Ledger-Enquirer


Troup County students might find themselves in school for fewer days next year as a tightening state budget has put the screws to area education officials.

The Troup County School Board is mulling over a 2010-2011 calendar proposal that would save more than half a million dollars and have 15 fewer school days than the traditional 180-day school calendar. Since the state requires students log a certain amount of class time, the school day would be extended to make up for the days without school. But some instructional time would still be lost.

For example, the proposal would lengthen a high school student’s day by 25 minutes, which during the course of the year equals one day of instruction time lost. For middle school students, the day will be 20 minutes longer and result in 5.1 days of instruction gone. Elementary school students, who will see an extension of 45 minutes, will actually gain 7.5 days of instruction.

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