School board decides against four-day school week

Support or Oppose 4-day school week

Group                    Yes          No          Maybe
Parents – 194        32.5%     38.7%    28.8%
Students – 69        47.8%     24.6%    27.5%
Teachers - 54        48.1%     27.8%    24.1%
Community – 15    40%       40%        20%
Office Staff – 14    42.9%    14.3%     42.9%
Transportation &    38%      31%        31%
Food Service workers
 

Concerns raised by the administration
- Students in school 20% less days.
- Longer days for students (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
- Longer day for substitute teachers.
- Longer day for staff (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
- School bus availability because bus drivers will be out later with classes ending later. They may not be back in time to take kids to sporting events.
- Less instruction time, breaks needed.
Benefits for students starting later, not allowed.
- Practice time for youth is going to be affected with the varsity practices starting later. They would now have to come in an hour later, Laumeyer said. That makes the day longer for parents who have to pick up kids.
 

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