FORT POLK, La. — The 2025-2026 school year will bring an innovative change as Vernon Parish Schools introduce a hybrid four-day school schedule. The board voted to approve the new schedule at the April 8th school board meeting.
The hybrid schedule means there will be both five-day weeks and four-day Tuesday through Friday weeks throughout the school year. Many schools are switching to true four-day school weeks and the school board looked at all the peer review research before making this change.
Before the change was made, school board polling data showed that approximately 80 percent of school employees were in favor of the new four-day hybrid calendar. Additionally, parents were polled through the Parent Square mobile app and a...
07.31.2025 | FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, US |
Story by Angie Thorne
A video describing the services that CYS offers to the community at and around JRTC and Fort Polk. This one is about the Middle School and Teen Programs at the Youth Center.
