Four-day school week at Peetz discussed

Members of the community met Thursday night to discuss a potential four-day school week for Peetz School.

The idea was brought up by school officials for a four-day school week began as a way to reduce operating costs. After initial research, the school district began to weigh the pros and cons.

Superintendent Mark Collard gave a PowerPoint presentation that focused mainly on the benefits of going to a four-day school week.

He said in the presentation that recruitment and retention of qualified and experienced staff will improve. He added that teachers looking into working for a school will fi...