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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sister used to teach for a school district that decided not to open schools on Fridays to save money running the buildings and on school buses.  The students stayed an extra hour each day for the other 4 days.  Morale soared and the district saw the fewest departures from employees on record. No drop in academic success.

My sister was a SPED teacher and yes, she was paid a bit more than General Ed.  Not enough to make anyone switch  careers.

Work-life balance, people.[/quote]

Morale soared for the teachers, but not the working parents who suddenly needed to spend thousands of dollars a year on [b]child care on Fridays[/b].

How much support would there be for public schools if you tried that here?[/quote]

Teachers and schools are not day-care providers.  Responsibility of the parents.  It was the first argument that got knocked down when the system changed to  4-days per week. Overwhelming support for the change. Great business opportunity for daycare providers. Do you see how capitalism works? Do you see how parenting works? [/quote]

+1. Everything will adapt.  If more school districts did this, business and camps would adjust to the new normal.  Daycares, camps, activity providers would expand or spring up to accommodate.  If/When parents couldn’t afford, it would put pressure on community and government to adapt and take care of its citizens either with salaries that keep up or with reduced cost/taxes/etc.[/quote]

It might work for ES, but it would be very difficult on older kids with after school activities.[/quote]

Those would adapt as well.  You do realize there are places in the world with school schedules vastly different than ours(year round, modified year read, trimesters, 4 day weeks, etc.)[/quote]
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The disdain some DCUMers have for working parents is really quite amazing[/b].[/quote]

Teachers are working parents.  I give you 7am-3pm, which is more time  than I get paid for.

Non working hours are for my family, not yours. Get used to it. Failing kids?  That's on parents.  Sit with them in the evenings when they do their homework. Check that it is done. Get it turned in on time.  Those failing kids are yours, not mine.  I spend my evening energy on my kids, do you? 
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And you’re going to have to come to terms with the fact that Fridays are going to remain working days, for you and everyone else.[/quote]

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