Updated April 8 Augusta school board opts to keep hybrid-learning model for rest of the school year After studying what it would take to return students to in-person learning five days a week, Augusta officials decided it 'wasn't feasible' to change the schedule for the last 40 days of the school year. Share AUGUSTA — Students in the city’s schools will keep learning with a hybrid model for the rest of the year. That was the decision made by the Augusta school board of directors Wednesday night, after hearing presentations from school officials about various scenarios that would allow students to return to school for in-person learning five days a week.