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Long landslide repairs force Hawkins Co. school to four-day week

Many of the teachers and staff are traveling more than hour each way because mudslides in February shut down the main route.

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HAWKINS COUNTY, Tenn. — The Hawkins County School Board voted unanimously Thursday to temporarily switch Clinch Elementary School to a four-day week.

According to Director of Schools, Matt Hixson, the school day will be extended by 90 minutes each day.

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The temporary schedule will be Monday - Thursday from 7:30 a.m. until 3:45 p.m.

Hixson says the four-day week was a suggestion by the school principal. Teachers and staff are reportedly traveling an average of 1.5 hours from Rogersville because Highway 66 and Highway 70 are closed from the February mudslides.

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