The Independence School District Board of Education has called a special meeting Thursday morning to discuss ballot language for a possible vote on the future of the districts four-day school week.

Independence moved to a four-day school week two years ago. The Independence School District, or ISDs, third school year with a Tuesday-to-Friday schedule started this week, but it may be the last depending on the fallout from a pending court case.

If no injunction is granted, ISD plans to put the four-day school week on the ballot in the November 2025 election.

The legal maneuvers come after the Republican-controlled Missouri legislature targeted Independence with a new law in May 2024, which requires districts that represent 30,000 people or more to put any calendar change from a five-day t

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