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The Hugo Board of Education met in regular session on Feb. 8. The board approved a new school calendar for 2021-2022 recommended by a committee made up of teachers and parents. A decision by the Oklahoma State Board of Education on Jan. 28, 2021 will allow four-day school weeks to continue for another year if local boards choose to do so. The committee included voices in support of a return to a five-day week. However, the majority favored the four-day option as a way to keep teachers who drive long distances to Hugo and to remain competitive in hiring new teachers in the area due to the fact that the other schools in our immediate area will also continue with their four-day weeks.