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Schools eye four-day week to cut fuel costs
Written By Scrivs on Jul. 24, 2008.
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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.
Does this even make sense to anyone? Cutting fuel costs at the expense of an education and adding a burden to the parents? You would think there are some smart people working in our school districts that can do a better job of problem-solving before they go into something extreme like this.
RightOn
Written Jul. 24, 2008 / Report /
To me there HAVE to be other areas that can be cut back first before slicing and dicing their education.
Ditch the organic Apples... stop buying soda... cut back on recess monitors who's sole job is to curtail actual fun during recess.
Tyme
Written Jul. 24, 2008 / Report /
So much for the rising costs being the reason....
Scrivs
Written Jul. 24, 2008 / Report /
These people kill me, good spot Tyme.
RightOn
Written Jul. 24, 2008 / Report /
Just as brilliant as schools that eliminate Phys Ed but keep Fountain Sodas and Fried foods on the school lunch menus.
Scrivs
Written Jul. 24, 2008 / Report /
Tomorrow I promise to only start happy notes and post happy clips. I'm getting depressed by the stupid people.
liza
Written Jul. 25, 2008 / Report /
I can think of nothing more stupid than to limit the time our young have for education. I have always had a problem with the way our money is distributed, but this just takes the cake.
RightOn
Written Jul. 25, 2008 / Report /
This is the kind of things you get when governments control education. Priorities are never aimed where they're ACTUALLY needed.
auburn
Written Aug. 27, 2008 / Report /
Why isn't this perceived as 'flex time'? It could be a more flexible way to have the same number of hours of learning/education per week. Of course, the unions representing teachers, bus drivers, cafeteria , Security, support staff etc would have to be involved. Actually, I think something similar is presently offered in North Carolina but the reason has nothing to do with saving taxpayer money on utility bills. That area has the same number of days or hours per year but is on a 'cycle'. For instance, the sibs of the same family have school Mon. - Fri. September - June but the sibs from Family 2 has school Mon. - Fri. January - October. The goal of this has nothing to do with saving taxpayer money on utility bills but addresses major overcrowding.