Exploring the 4 Day School Week

After much discussion and thought 75% of Cayuse teachers would choose the proposed 4 day week schedule below. These options were linked in edition #1. Some of the reasons for this choice were to keep a true 4 day week, & extending the day would allow for longer block periods for math and reading to more easily streamline interventions for struggling students. The time is the same as Fair-Mont-Egan school and very similar to Olny-Bissel.

Montana requires aggregate hours for K-12th grade. Grades K-3rd need 720 aggregate hours and 4th and above need 1080 hours to comply with accreditation standards. "Minimum aggregate hours" means the minimum hours of pupil instruction that must be conducted during the school fiscal year. The term does not include passing time between classes for middle & high school,

lunch time, and periods of unstructured recess.

• Length of Day: 8 hours, 7:45 AM - 3:45 PM
• This is 55 minutes more than our current 5 day schedule
• 151 days of school vs 176 on a 5 day schedule
• Total aggregate hours for the year: K-3rd = 1032 hrs., 4th = 1082 hrs., 5th-8th = 1087 hrs.
• Drop off is between 7:35-7:45 AM
• K-3rd starts at 7:55 AM
• 4-8th starts at 7:45 AM
• School ends at 3:45 PM
• Start Aug. 26, 2024 - End June 12, 2025
• Any school closure days would be remote learning days.