More schools are adopting a 4-day school week. One Montana town tried to fight it - The Hechinger Report

More schools are adopting a 4-day school week. One Montana town tried to fight it - The Hechinger Report

RAVALLI COUNTY, Mont. — After years of putting it off, Montana’s Florence-Carlton school district had to decide: Would it join the many smaller districts in the state with a four-day school week, or stick with a five-day schedule?Until recently, some local education leaders thought the four-day week was a poor fit for the town of Florence. Staffing problems, including having to cut nine employees,the end of pandemic-era education funding, and th…

On Wednesday, 21 May, teachers from the primary schools of Bègles, Lormont and Mérignac gathered in front of the DSDEN de la Gironde to demand a return to the four-day week. Although the Court of Auditors points out in a recent report the harmful role of the 4-day week on the vigilance and performance of children, the teachers deplore the deterioration of their working conditions. The post Teachers still call for the return of the 4-day week to …

More schools are adopting a 4-day school week. One Montana town tried to fight it

This story was originally published in The Hechinger report After years of putting it off, Montana’s Florence-Carlton school district had to decide: Would it join the many smaller districts in the state with a four-day school week, or stick with a five-day schedule? Until recently, some local education leaders thought the four-day week was a poor fit for the town of Florence. Staffing problems, including having to cut nine employees, the end of …