It began in rural school district's around the country as a cost saving measure....
Four day school weeks.
Parent objections may be heard at first because of child care concerns, but as with any change, they eventually get used to it.
Will it be a an expanding trend?
Just think of the savings in a city school district.
Enormous in transportation costs alone; then add in energy and substitute teaching costs?
Savings really start to add up.
Facing a crippling increase in fuel costs, some rural U.S. schools are mulling a solution born of the '70s oil crisis: a four-day week.
Cutting out one day of school has been the key to preserving educational programs and staff in parts of Kentucky, New Mexico and Minnesota, outweighing some parents' concerns about finding day-care for the day off.
"For rural school districts where buses may travel 100 miles round-trip each day, there certainly are transportation savings worth considering," said Marc Egan, the director of federal affairs at the National School Boards Association.
I say it might not happen tommorrow...but it will happen. But where, is the question.
Read the article from Reuters
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