By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post
The Hays school board during its board meeting on Monday voted to end the school year for students early.
The new last day of school for students will be Friday, May 21.
May 24 and May 25 are scheduled for in-service days. May 26 will be a teacher work day.
Superintendent Ron Wilson said the school district will still be able to meet the minimum student contact hours required by the state.
The change was OK'ed by the teacher's association, Wilson said.
Hays High School graduation is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 23, at Gross Memorial Coliseum.
The district has an alternate plan to have an outdoor graduation similar to the one that was conducted last summer if the district can't have an indoor graduation due to COVID.