Four day school week across America?

With the recession of the economy in America. Government legislatures have implemented a four day school week (mon-thu) because the costs are too much.

"...The four-day school week has been an increasingly attractive option for legislators seeking to cut education costs. According to the National School Boards Association (NSBA), a handful of states, with mostly rural school districts, are experimenting with altering their school calendar. For small, remote school districts, instituting a four-day school week may provide considerable savings by reducing transportation, heating, and other overhead costs. Supporters of the shortened week also boast of improved morale and increased attendance (by both students and teachers), open Fridays for sporting events and doctor appointments, and more time to spend with loved ones.  Opponents of the four-day school week cite problems with long, exhausting class days and finding day care for children whose parents work outside the home. Additionally, educational experts worry that increased time outside of the classroom could lead to a digression in learned concepts while also making it more difficult to offer elective classes.  However, the jury is still out, as there is a lack of comprehensive studies."

Source: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/educ/4DaySchWeek.htm

What do you Giantbombers that go to school in America think about this? I wouldn't mind a four day week at all. I would only be concerned if that means shortened summer break. Although it's only passed in small rural area's and a handful of states, if this idea gets passed, the bill could be carried on through all 50 states.

I hope this happens. I hate it when school gets in the way of my education.

What the fuck?

I wouldn't mind 180 consecutive days of school, and then six months of vacation.

Too bad I'm already out of High School... this would be awesome if it happened.

"I hope this happens. I hate it when school gets in the way of my education."

"Dude, four days would be awesome. But that would probably mean pushing it into the summer. Which is bad. I'd love this. Probably would never happen in my district."

"Karmum said:

"Dude, four days would be awesome. But that would probably mean pushing it into the summer. Which is bad. I'd love this. Probably would never happen in my district."

Yeah, but the idea is to cut costs. Extending summer will just mean more school days which makes up for the Fridays and they'll end up spending the same amount, so the summer will probably be the same length"

"FengShuiGod said:

"I hope this happens. I hate it when school gets in the way of my education."

Mark Twain theif."

Seriously though, no good can come from this.

"Shawn said:

"Karmum said:

"Dude, four days would be awesome. But that would probably mean pushing it into the summer. Which is bad. I'd love this. Probably would never happen in my district."

Yeah, but the idea is to cut costs. Extending summer will just mean more school days which makes up for the Fridays and they'll end up spending the same amount, so the summer will probably be the same length"

So they're effectively going to dumb down the next generation."

"Seriously though, no good can come from this."

"Oriental_Jams said:

"Seriously though, no good can come from this."

The less time spent in school, the better."

Holy crap! You mean now teachers will have less time to teach the youth of our country how to pass a standarized test they need to graduate and that the school needs high percentages for to get more funding instead of expanding their concepts of math, literature, culture, history and science?

oh woes us.

I had a 4 day school week for 2 years :P

It's not going to affect me, so whatever.

I think it would be nice to have a four day school week all year and shorten summer vacation. But with summer vacation? That wouldn't be sufficient time to cover all course material.

I would rather have my 5 days

This is just asking to make America more un-educated.

It wouldn't really do much but cut into summer vacation time, since all schools need to have 180 days of class per year anyways.

A 4 day school week would be awesome. Hopefully it's implemented in my area.

That'd be pretty cool except it wouldn't be passed for this year, so it wouldn't matter to me sense this is my last year of High School. But good luck to those that will be in High School longer than I will.

I would love this. I would gladly take an extra hour and a half school day to do this. Only thing is, I go to a private school, so we wouldn't have to follow this either way. So darn. 

I don't care, this year is my last year. But it would be nice to have 4 day weeks...

"I don't care, this year is my last year. But it would be nice to have 4 day weeks..."

doesnt bother me at all

Somehow I strongly doubt that this will become the standard for all schools in America... Either that or summer break will be no more and they'll just have a short break every few months.

Anything that makes us substantially dumber I am behind 100%.

I have the unfortunate luck of going to the "poor boys" private catholic school in town (Baltimore).  This school also happens to be extremely conservative in terms of faculty and students, so we would probably keep a 5 day week just to spite the democrat-run public schools.

I could go for a four day week. 2 hour periods suck anyway.

The school I go to already works at a different schedule than most schools in our county or even state.

plus its my senior year so I don't really care.

I don't know... I grew up in a rural area, so I can honestly say a lot of those kids need more school (well, a better education anyway), not less.

"Shocker said:

"I don't care, this year is my last year. But it would be nice to have 4 day weeks..."

lol I know...its overrrr for me."

If it dose, im moving to america!

really, the only thing i want to eliminate from school is homework. i dont care if they make 9 hour days every day of the week, i just want to be able to get off school and have the time to do whatever i want instead of thinking about doing 52 math problems.

"I hope this happens. I hate it when school gets in the way of my education."

The only problem with this is that the teachers wouldn't want to give us a ton of homework on a school night, so we'll get tons on the weekend, which would probably be worse. Or the teachers won't care and just give us a ton of homework on school nights.

dude 4 days and 3 days off would be the best, school would fly by soooooooooooo fast too bad i live in canada and am graduating next year, but this would kick soooooo much ass

It would probably be better.  When I was in high school Fridays were always a waste of time and we didn't really do anything.  They should just shorten it to 4 days and just make those 4 days longer.

There's so much goddamn time wasted in school that you could finish a semester in two months if they didn't fuck around so much.

"There's so much goddamn time wasted in school that you could finish a semester in two months if they didn't fuck around so much.

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Sure, four day school week sounds great.  As long as they implement a dress code as well.

"Cube said:

"There's so much goddamn time wasted in school that you could finish a semester in two months if they didn't fuck around so much.

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Not exactly 2-3 months, but it could be shorter. I wish they would categorize kids into different time schedules for school. I mean like, if some people can work quicker, and are more dedicated, they finish school earlier (i.e. they would finish a school year early). Hence, this would make the underachievers try harder."

"It wouldn't really do much but cut into summer vacation time, since all schools need to have 180 days of class per year anyways."

You know what? My senior year of High School had the four day school week. This was in the frozen tundra of northern British Columbia, though. Basically a blip in the radar in the middle of no where.

The weekends were fantastic, but the days were (slightly) longer and the work load was larger. Expect more homework as teachers still have to cram in the curriculum somehow. But you can't fault an extra day to sleep in.

My school buys new gym equipment every 3 hours, I swear. Move that up to every 6 hours, and our money problem is solved. Daaaaaaaaaaaamnit.

That actually makes for sense because there is 2 different class days so people would be more organized since they would know whether its day 1 or day 2.

"pyromaniac said:

"Shocker said:

"I don't care, this year is my last year. But it would be nice to have 4 day weeks..."

lol I know...its overrrr for me."

You stole my user icon but anyway 4-day school week will not happen if anything it will go up"