4 day school week? I am all for it! - Democratic Underground

greenbriar

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Wed Apr-22-09 10:08 PM
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4 day school week? I am all for it!

but I want Monday off and not Friday

would save a LOT of money and allow schools to keep teachers

in our building alone, we are looking at losing 5-7 teachers we are already down to the bare minimum

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Kittycat

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Wed Apr-22-09 10:15 PM
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1. It will create issues with 2 income, or single family households.

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ChazII

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Wed Apr-22-09 10:24 PM
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2. speaking a a single mom and a teacher

A four day week gets my vote.

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BlooInBloo

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Wed Apr-22-09 10:25 PM
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3. Is the school day going to be extended to sum to the same current total school time?

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proud2BlibKansan

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Wed Apr-22-09 10:35 PM
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6. It would have to be

which would create a LONG school day. Considering kids have short attention spans, this is another reason this is not a good idea.

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msongs

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Wed Apr-22-09 10:30 PM
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4. you gonna cut the demands on teachers by 20% as well??????

districts already demand more than teachers can do in the contract day plus hours every day after school, at home, and on weekends.

so if the cuts are gonna come, the curriculum and testing have to be cut back by the same proportion.

The bloated state school bureaucracy in California could be cut in half and nobody would miss it.

Msongs

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greenbriar

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Thu Apr-23-09 10:13 PM
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11. as a teacher, you don't have to tell me the demands

I have a weeks worth of grading to do and no time to do it

I am so overwhelmed

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proud2BlibKansan

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Wed Apr-22-09 10:34 PM
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5. It would place an unfair daycare burden on parents

It's not a good idea for the community where I teach.

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Muttocracy

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Wed Apr-22-09 10:54 PM
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7. that will only work if employers switch to 4-day weeks as well. nt

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emilyg

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Wed Apr-22-09 11:24 PM
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8. Not fair to working families.

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DCKit

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Thu Apr-23-09 12:05 AM
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9. What ^They Said. Who's going to pay for childcare?

And how many of those kids will end up being sacrificed to the legal system due to a lack of supervision?

If we want a simple solution to raising test scores, bring back recess. Kids need the break.

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Fire_Medic_Dave

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Thu Apr-23-09 12:37 AM
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10. How would it save teachers jobs?

I understand a couple of jobs from reduced overhead. Since school would have to be longer each day those savings will be minimal.

David

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Old Hob

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Thu Apr-23-09 10:21 PM
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12. seems like a strange way to improve our education system.

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renate

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Thu Apr-23-09 10:53 PM
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13. welcome to DU!

And I agree... I don't see how expecting kids who already have the attention span of gnats to sit still for a longer school day could help anything. Plus, four days of school means that they'd spend nearly half their time not being in school, making it seem like an even less important part of their lives.

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