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Claiborne Parish school officials review modified four-day school week as recruitment tool
Summary
Superintendent Chris Brooks told the Executive Committee that the district reviewed two years of data and several months of recent feedback on a modified four-day calendar, and that the 2026–27 calendar would be brought to the full Board in February if approved at the Regular Called Meeting.
Superintendent Chris Brooks told the Claiborne Parish School Board Executive Committee on Dec. 9 that the district has reviewed data and recent feedback on a modified four-day school calendar and will present a proposed 2026–27 calendar to the full board in February if the committee advances it.
Brooks said the district reviewed trends from the past two years and discussed that information over the last "2-3 months," reporting that feedback from staff and parents has been "primarily positive." He framed the modified calendar as a recruiting and retention tool the district could use if the board approves the change at its Regular Called Meeting.
Committee members recorded as present include Board President Perry Anderson and Executive Committee member Yolanda Coleman; several board members were listed as present for the meeting. The minutes do not record a committee vote or formal motion on the calendar; Brooks said he would bring the 2026–27 calendar before the full board in February for final action.
The minutes do not include specific calendar dates, instructional-hour counts, or details about how the four-day schedule would affect extracurriculars. Those details would need to be provided in the Board's February materials or at a subsequent meeting.
