Another Louisiana School District Moving to Four-Day School Week Next Year

LEESVILLE, La. (KPEL-FM) - It's been a trend in Louisiana and across the country over the last couple of years -- school districts moving to a four-day school week.

Now, there is another Louisiana school district that has opted to try that format moving forward.

Which public school district in Louisiana is moving to a four-day school week?

Public school students in Vernon Parish, in the western-central part of the state, will only be going to school for four days a week starting next school year.

At Monday's school board meeting, the Vernon Parish School Board approved a motion to adopt next year's school calendar, which includes a move to a hybrid four-day school week.

The vote was fairly overwhelming with ten yeas, one nay, with one absent.

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Which days of the week will students in Vernon Parish be going to school this fall?

According to reports, schools will operate on a Tuesday through Friday schedule and will not have school on most Mondays.

Kids will be going to school on some Mondays, however.

As you can see in the document below, there will be some Monday school days. Those Mondays include the following dates:

• August 11, 18, 25
• September 8, 15, 22, 29
• November 10, 17
• December 15
• March 23
• April 13, 20

Vernon Parish Hybrid School Calendar 2025-2026 by KALB DIGITAL

Vernon Parish is not the first Louisiana school district to adopt a similar four-day hybrid schedule. Others that have already implemented this format include Avoyelles, Evangeline, Winn, and LaSalle parishes.

Why is Vernon Parish going to a hybrid four-day school week?

As with most decisions these days, it's usually about the money. This change will save some serious dough for the school district.

Vernon Parish School Board Personnel Director Joey Bartz had this to say about the financial impact the change would have on the school district:

We are conservatively projecting to see somewhere in the neighborhood of $1-$1.5 million in savings and reimbursement by utilizing the hybrid calendar. Most of these savings will come via the meal reimbursement program, our energy audit program and a projected lowered cost with our substitute teacher payroll.

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