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Friday, October 7, 2005
Fridays Off, Kids
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Is there really support out there for a four-day school week?
I’ve got to admit this is an education trend I would never have predicted would fly in Georgia - that is until Gov. Sonny Perdue’s fuel-cutting strategy of closing schools for two days took root. And from the blog comments, it seems the idea has some traction.
Nationally, a smattering of school districts - mostly small and rural - are already doing it as a way to save money. Here’s a link to a 2002 Christian Science Monitor story. And read here where CNN reported on the trendlet in 2003.
Could Georgia teachers get the job done in four days? Would working parents ever support such a policy? Would the cost savings be worth the lifestyle shift such a change would require? And how would this affect the debate over shortened summers?
