The Pasco County school district plans three public forums next month where parents and others can express their views on a possible four-day school week.
The forums will be Feb. 9 at Pasco Middle School in Dade City, Feb. 15 at Rushe Middle School in Land O' Lakes and Feb. 16 at River Ridge High School's performing arts center in New Port Richey.
All three forums will start at 6:30 p.m.
A task force began researching the four-day school week in September after school board member Steve Luikart suggested the idea as a potential cost-saving measure during last year's school-budget discussions.
At the time, the board was trying to cut spending to deal with a $54 million revenue shortfall for 2011-12. Superintendent Heather Fiorentino has already predicted that the school district could have a shortfall of at least $21 million for 2012-13.
State law dictates how much time students must spend in school, so any class time lost from the dropped day would have to be added to the remaining four days. Any money savings is expected to come from transportation and utilities.
The task force — which includes parents, teachers, principals, bus drivers, custodians and district-level supervisors — is charged solely with gathering data and presenting the results to the school board. The group will not make a recommendation to the board.
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