Peach County is one of more than 120 school districts across the country where students attend school just four days a week, a cost-saving tactic gaining popularity among cash-strapped districts struggling to make ends meet. The 4,000-student district started shaving a day off its weekly school calendar last year to help fill a $1 million budget shortfall.
It was that or lay off 39 teachers the week before school started, said Superintendent Susan Clark.
The article is unsure on whether or not this is bad thing. Let me clear that up. It is a bad thing. I have never seen an educational study which says that less class time results in better student performance. I have never read an economist that said educational performance is not a significant factor in our nation's future prosperity. Every time you hear somebody complain about how much money government wastes and that we pay too much in taxes, I want you to think of four day school weeks in Peach County.
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