MANHATTAN – School districts around the state continue to consider plans to end the school year early to save money. The Concordia district and the Twin Valley district, which includes Bennington and Tescott, announced last week they would release students in early May.

The USD-383 Board of Education in Manhattan met last Thursday night and discussed the possibility of reducing school days to save money.

Michele Jones, USD-383 Director of Communications and School Safety, said the board discussed how many minutes would have to be added each day to reduce the school year by 5 or 10 days.

The school district would save approximately $10,000 each day they shave off the calendar.

The talks were in response to the school district having to do budget reductions. There isn’t another BOE meeting until May 6th, and it’s up to the district’s Budget Advisory Steering Committee to determine if the possibility of a shortened school will take place.