Would you agree to stay in school an extra 2 hours but have Friday all to yourself? Some believe that it will benefit everyone, but it’s not the most beneficial choice. It would take toles out of everybody and people should care because if they have kids they will be affected greatly. We shouldn’t move to a four day school schedule because the cost of school will go up, grades will drop, and parents will register their kids somewhere else.
A four day work week means less hours after school to do other things. The latest students would be getting home is around 5:00pm which leaves 4 hours to do whatever you please if bedtime is set at 9:00pm. That means students would have less time to go to practice or a club, do homework, shower, eat, relax,
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It starts out saving money then progressively gets more and more expensive. Parents don’t always have the time in their schedule to be there for their kids. Two of the articles was saying that these parents had to pay for daycare which cost them an extra $600 a year. They said they would much rather have their kids in school on Friday. Not to mention that the kids who are too old for daycare and left at home would still be costing parents money because they would be eating more food, using electricity, water, and gas. “In fact, the district says the schedule is so unpopular with families that it expects to lose several hundred students to the other school system. And that’s bad news for Apache Junction Unified, which is funded on a per-student basis.” (LA Johnson/ NPR). This shows as an example because other schools can also be based on per-student income and they could also lose money and students if they were to change to a 4 day week. Teacher's income had also dropped by 10% and bus drivers would be getting less money too. They’re roughly paid $15 an hour and drive at the most 6 hours a day so on the 5th day they would be losing money and would have to pick up another job if they needed
Dixon, A. (2011). Focus on the alternative school calendar: year-round school programs and update on the four-day school week. Retrieved from Southern Regional Education Board website: http://publications.sreb.org/2011/11S01_Alt_Cal.pdf
A four day weekend gives everyone a day off, including most of the staff, which means that the school doesn’t have to pay certain staff one day, which means the school saves money. With one day without school, the district doesn't have to transport students to and from school, which saves money on gas. With one day times 32 weeks, that adds up to a
One legitimate concern is the possibility of losing uncertified staff members such as bus drivers or cafeteria employees. Critics claim that with the decreased schedule these faculty members will not receive the proper amount of payment to support themselves and or their families. However, this claim, no matter how convincing it may seem, is actually quite refutable. One solution to this problem could be that with the savings acquired from reduced bill costs and all other reduced costs, the uncertified staff could receive adequate payment through these savings. Due to the fact that the days are longer, the uncertified staff members could only miss at the most, one or two hours. As a result of this solution, there is no need to fear issues concerning money with the four-day
The other reason why we shouldn’t have a four school week is because students will have more time to get into trouble more.Half of high school and middle school students will get into drugs and crimes because they are unsupervised for a long time.If students get into crime and drugs at a young age they probably wouldn’t be able to get a job.Some of the students wouldn’t know it’s bad for them.The reason why is because some of the students don’t know it’s bad is because their parents or teachers haven’t told them about why it is bad.
We are asking all the employees their opinion in the idea of 4-day work week (10 hours day shift). If you are interested in participating in this proposal, this coming Friday, November 3 at 2:30 p.m., we will have the first-round table to discuss, answering questions, and explaining more deeply the benefits and challenging of this proposal.
The development of the four-day workweek actually began in the 1970s as a theoretical practice to help organizations optimize operations while saving resources and improving worker quality of life (Poor, 2010). Beginning in the 1980s, the use of the four-day workweek began to accelerate and the Department of Labor began keeping records regarding outcomes for companies using this work arrangement (Poor, 2010). Although the Department of Labor continues to track alternative work arrangements, Poor contends that four-hour workweeks have morphed into flexible work arrangements with companies offering workers a wide range of programs to acquire time-off from the traditional 5/40 schedule. Even though efforts to evaluate the impact of the four-day workweek have shifted to a general classification of outcomes for flextime, the four day-workweek remains the principle tool used by organizations to offer ...
Overall, schools with a four-day school week have major benefits dealing with all kind of problems. Not only will a four-day school week improve financial concerns, stress and attendance, but it will also encourage students to participate in extracurricular activities . School District 211 should consider all of these benefits and make the switch to a four day school
School should be four days a week with an extra hour added to each school day because it would save money for the school system, increase student motivation, stimulate the economy, and promote student achievement. There has been a decrease in education due to the small amount of resources, causing classrooms to be bigger and children not being able to extend their knowledge. Even though the economy has been falling, each school district has been working hard to promote student education, which could mean trading a traditional school schedule for a four-day school week. Replacing a normal school schedule for the four day school week can raise the school budget tremendously. (Hart, Demand Media).
The traditional School schedule is set up so students go to school for 9 months and then have a 3-month summer Vacation. This system dates back to a time when most people's lively hood was farming; therefore, the educational schedule was built around the times of harvest and planting. But in modern day, with so little farmers this schedule is severely out dated. The long break in the summer encourages students to forget knowledge that they learned that previous year, forcing teachers to review information for 4-6 weeks, time that could be well used teaching students new and enriching things. This schedule also isn't very cost effective, for three months schools stand empty and unused, which is ridicules due to how over crowded the educational system is. Does it really make sense to use an outdated schedule when with every other aspect of our lives we want the newest and the best?
The idea of taking children to day-care is unacceptable by a good number of people. They probably think this way, because daycare involves putting someone else in the ‘parenting’ picture; as far as spending time with, and caring for the child is concerned. However, this is not exactly negative. This is because day-care provides care for little children while their parents attend to other matters, such as attending school or working to earn a living. It is important for those people who discourage day care to realize that not all parents can afford to stay at home with their children all day, as much as they would like to. This is because they need to attend to other pressing matters. In the end, the child benefits from this as the living earned by the parent during this time, or even education earned during this time, will benefit the child in future.
There are many opinions and studies about reforming school days. Some people are concerned that longer school days would bring more difficulties. However, there are numerous studies and practical examples that prove that we improve students’ performance by lengthening school days. Finally, the economy and our society will benefit from expanding school days.
Longer school days would leave students with not wanting to do anything that involves school. Students will start to slack off and their grades will suffer and they lose interest in school. Rachel Brooklyn a writer for Huffington Post says “By shortening the school days, students wouldn’t be as distressed about going to school and their grades would be higher. Fewer school hours per day would permit students to have enough time to study, complete school assignments, participate in after-school activities and be able to get to bed by a decent hour”.this is saying that students are stressed, and that after school with more students needing jobs to save up for collinge and after school sports that it becomes really stressful to go to
Although it may not seem like adapting a schedule to a child’s needs is something to complain about, it lessens the family’s income and it stresses the parents out. If child care was more affordable, parents would be able to work full-time without worries, and the work environment would be more efficient, resulting in more focused
Let's face it, it's amazing but it has its downfalls. Once your 4 day weekend end its back to reality and seems to get hard adjusting to work after those 4 days, the days that you'll be working will equal to more stress and our health can be put at risk.
Should We have Longer School days Why aren’t school days longer? A good question, but really, why? Well, it is because the current school day provides enough time for students to learn and socialize with just 6 hours. After school, most students have clubs, sports or even both, usually, they have time to get ready for those clubs and sports and maybe even do some homework before. But if the school day was extended, clubs and sports would get pushed later, students would be hard-pressed to find time to do homework, eat, and sleep.