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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We need some drastic moves recruit and retain high quality teachers. One bold move would be to go to a 4-day school week for kids. Increase T-F by 30 minutes. Kids do async work on Monday’s. Teachers plan, have pd on Monday’s. That means less time away from kids T-F. There are other models to accomplish this.

Parents will have to decide whether they want 5 days of school with a crappy, unqualified teacher in a large class or figure out childcare one day a week and get a high quality teacher in a decent sized class.

https://www.edsurge.com/amp/news/2022-06-22-can-four-day-school-weeks-keep-teachers-from-leaving

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/19/texas-schools-four-day-weeks/amp/

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I’m in full support of a 4-day in-person week with Monday planning time for teachers while students use digital tools. I know for a fact this would be a huge boost for retention and the well-being of our staff [/quote]

OMG. I hope this is a joke. I"m here for the kids, not the teachers.[/quote]

"Digital tools" are garbage. Virtual school was a no-learning disaster and you want to cut out 20% of the school year?[/quote]

Actually, it would be easy to extend the instructional time over 4 days and allow a day of planning for teachers and an additional day of rest/recreation for students. I would imagine that the mental and physical health benefits would be worth it. The way school is currently operating is not working for many people. [/quote]

You think you’re “sticking it to” middle and upper middle class suburban moms with cushy full time telecommute government jobs or stay at home parents with this 4 day school week stuff. In reality, those families will make adjustments and have a lot of resentment toward teachers as a result, while kids on the margins of society won’t do their “asynchronous work” at all and will just continue to fall behind. [/quote]

This may never happen in Fairfax because it is (whether we want to admit it or not) a premier district in the country, but a four day week in many places may end up being the solution if the teacher shortage continues and accelerates, and the only way you cover all of the sections with licensed teachers is to have all teachers (I’m thinking secondary here) teach 6 or 7 sections rather than the typical 5. Then you’d need to extend the school day and go 4 days to enable teachers to have a day for planning. Yes, it sounds awful for everyone concerned. But I do think it’s inevitable in many places in the country.[/quote]

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