Putnam City's board of education has voted to shorten the student school year by two days in order to provide training for teachers on new state educational standards that will be in place next year.

The change means the last day of school for students will be May 20, instead of May 24.

New Oklahoma Academic Standards for English language arts and mathematics, which were adopted in March, set what students at each grade level should know and be able to do. The standards are the basis for what teachers teach, what students learn and what is on state standardized tests that students take.

Originally, the plan was to begin testing students on learning related to new standards in the spring of 2018. Training teachers on the new standards was to take place during the coming school year.