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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teachers are leaving in droves. As a parent who has had a long term sub for classroom teacher (DD) all year and a clueless teacher resident for SpEd (DS) all year, I am more than eager to entertain 4 day weeks if it means that young people might want to become teachers again. [/quote]

But what if it *also* causes young people, who are unlikely to become SAHPs, to enroll their kids in private school in much larger numbers, correspondingly decreasing their incentive to support public school funding?

Moving to a 4 day school week is cutting off your nose to spite your face. The only people that benefit are those that will only be affected by the public school system for a few more years.[/quote]

Perhaps you aren't paying attention...young people are not going into education and people are retiring as soon as they can. It is not sustainable. It's already happening, there are many many classrooms that are and will not be staffed in the future. There are students who are not receiving special education services because there is currently no one to provide those services. What about those who cant afford the private schools? Four day work weeks are a good incentive for teachers, it may help recruit and retain them to avoid burnout.[/quote]

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