POLK COUNTY, Iowa [WHO-TV] — The Saydel Community School District is the next Iowa school to switch to a four-day school week. For two years the district has been trying to switch to a four-day school week due to loosing teachers and a decline in enrollment, which has resulted in a decrease in state funding. At a meeting Monday evening those two years paid off as the Saydel School Board voted unanimously to switch from a five-day school week to a four-day week.

The plan would begin the switch to a four-day week at the start of the 2024-25 school year. School days would also be 30 minutes longer. Earlier this month, the Martensdale-St. Mary’s Community School District’s school board voted to transition to a four-day school week beginning with the 2024-25 school year.