San Marcos school district explores shorter school week [Video]

SAN MARCOS, Texas — San Marcos CISD is the latest Texas school district to explore the possibility of a shortened school week.

The district recently sent out a survey asking the community what day they would prefer to have off if it adopted a 4-day school week schedule. The district has already received thousands of responses.

“I got a few texts and emails from teachers saying, ‘Is this real? Is this something we can really look into?’” said Andrew Fernandez, the chief of communications for San Marcos CISD.

According to Fernandez, the change is starting to become a real possibility. The idea came around last week after the district sent out a survey asking for comments on next year’s academic calendar. Fernandez said the topic was …