Chattooga County Eyes Four-Day School Week for its Students to Curb Costs

From the Chattanooga Times Free Press:

School officials in Chattooga County are digging through ideas other systems are using to curb costs, including four-day weeks and fewer school days.

Chattooga Superintendent Dwight Pullen said officials are eying Murray County's 160-day school year calendar and Peach County's four-day week for some ways to save money.

"This is something I would want to have public hearings on before I make a recommendation to the board," Mr. Pullen said. "It would be a major cultural change for the community."

Chattooga County could save an estimated $218,000 with a four-day week, or about $125,000 with a 160-day year, he said. Schools would be in session Tuesday through Friday for more hours a day on the four-day week, Mr. Pullen said. The system now is on a 180-day schedule, like most Georgia school districts.

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