Four-day school week public hearing set

The community is invited to hear about Grand Coulee Dam District’s proposed four-day school week, and to address the school board at a public hearing on Monday. 

The board will convene the public hearing at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 25 in the Jr./Sr. High Library, on the building’s second floor.

The district is exploring moving to a four-day week beginning in the upcoming 2025-26 school year. In this model, school would run Mondays through Thursdays. Weeks with federal holidays falling on Mondays would shift to a Tuesday though Friday schedule.

Comments, concerns and questions people bring forward to the public hearing will be weighed by the board as they make their decision. Those wishing to address the board should sign up to speak before the hearing starts.

Surveys put out by Superintendent Rod Broadnax suggest a majority of parents support the idea or would like to learn more. Some have raised questions about the impact on sports, academics, and families who would need to find childcare, or an alternative to school lunch on Fridays.

The board will convene its regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. the same evening.