Despite the positive results of four-day-school-week surveys presented to a crowd of over 80 people in the Paris High School cafeteria during a public forum of a special PISD school board meeting Monday night, most of the 20 speakers were in opposition to the district abandoning a five-day school week.
While the surveys of parents, teachers and staffers showed from 65% to 80% approval for the reduced school week schedule, only a few spoke in favor of it.
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