The Walker County School System plans to save money with fewer teachers.

The board of Education recently voted to maintain a waver for class size requirements. The waiver was extended from the current school year.

In first through third grades, the state standard is 21 students per classroom. But, with the waiver, Walker County classes can have up to 29 students.

Fourth through fifth grade classes can have up to 36 students per classroom with the waiver in place.

The waiver affects the budget by allowing the system to assign fewer teaches per number of students in the system. As in most organizations, payroll is among the top expenditure in the school system's budget.