A school in Louisiana has recently cut back to a four-day school week in an effort to save money, Other schools across the country are also opting for shorter weeks, with l in 7 school boards nationwide contemplating making the switch. As fuel prices rise, schools are finding it increasingly difficult to provide transportation for students. As a result, schools are dropping to four-day weeks to save money. Even though students are attending school fewer days per week, they are making up the lost time by lengthening their school days by at least an hour. Early results of these changes are showing fewer absences among students and teachers, which saves money on substitutes.
Additionally, schools with shorter weeks are performing much better on standardized tests, suggesting that shorter weeks could affect academic performance in a positive way. Reflection I knew that four-day weeks were becoming more common, but I had no idea that schools with shorter weeks were performing better on standardized tests. Although this article mentions no formal studies on the effects of a shorter week, it clearly shows that such studies would be worth looking into. Many schools around my hometown have already gone to four- day weeks.
In fact, this article mentions a school in Custer, South Dakota, which is less than two hours from where I grew up. Initially, it seemed that four-day weeks were only for rural schools, but the article mentions schools in California that are making the switch. It seems that the four-day week has brought nothing but positive change to the districts adopting the shortened week. Impact I have actually thought about a four-day week since I decided to enter this field. As I mentioned, many schools in Wyoming and Nebraska have switched to shorter weeks, and I actually hope that I might be fortunate enough to work in a district with a shortened week.
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I’m not quite sure how the change affects teachers, but surely it takes some pressure off them as well. There are some bumps to consider, such as where to send students on Fridays if their parents are working, but I think many of those issues could be easily resolved However, in cities with high poverty levels, I’m not sure that a four-day week would be beneficial. Some students do not have food available over the weekend Here in Cheyenne, there are several churches that supply these students with meals for days they do not have school, but adding another day would make it difficult to continue these efforts.
