[11] This was initially a provisional move for a three year period, but the district decided to make it the standard schedule in 2022.
Circa 2022 various groups expressed support for a four day week in polling that was conducted.
[13] Forty-nine percent of districts in Texas in 2011 received the same rating.
In August 2021, the district broke ground on a memorial to honor the students who attended Athens schools during the era of segregation.
[15] Bridges Center, which offered alternative instruction to high school students, closed in 2015.