Many of us wish we could have longer weekends, but for about 18,000 students in Colorado, that wish is coming true. A school district outside Denver has decided to shorten its week to four days, and the first school year on this new schedule just started, CBS Denver reports. It began on Tuesday, August 14, because the day students get off is everyone's least favorite: Monday.
While this may sound like a dream come true, it means students will have to sit through longer school days to make up for the hours they've lost, according to The Denver Post.
The decision wasn't made just to give students more days off, though; it had practical motivations: to save money and attract better teachers. The district estimates that it will save $1 million by not having buses on Mondays, hiring fewer subs, and spending less on utilities, according to KUSA Denver. Parents may be picking up some of the cost of this shift, though, since many will now need to stay home with their kids or pay for childcare.
This isn't the first district in the state to institute a four-day week: 55% of the state's schools do this, but most of them are in rural areas, according to The Denver Post. Several schools in Oklahoma made the same move earlier this year, and some of them told CBS News reports that more qualified teachers applied after the shift. Around 560 districts in 25 states include schools with four-day weeks, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, but evidence is mixed on how the different schedule affects students' performance.
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Many of us wish we could have longer weekends, but for about 18,000 students in Colorado, that wish is coming true. A school district outside Denver has decided to shorten its week to four days, and the first school year on this new schedule just started, CBS Denver reports. It began on Tuesday, August 14, because the day students get off is everyone's least favorite: Monday.
While this may sound like a dream come true, it means students will have to sit through longer school days to make up for the hours they've lost, according to The Denver Post.
The decision wasn't made just to give students more days off, though; it had practical motivations: to save money and attract better teachers. The district estimates that it will save $1 million by not having buses on Mondays, hiring fewer subs, and spending less on utilities, according to KUSA Denver. Parents may be picking up some of the cost of this shift, though, since many will now need to stay home with their kids or pay for childcare.
This isn't the first district in the state to institute a four-day week: 55% of the state's schools do this, but most of them are in rural areas, according to The Denver Post. Several schools in Oklahoma made the same move earlier this year, and some of them told CBS News reports that more qualified teachers applied after the shift. Around 560 districts in 25 states include schools with four-day weeks, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, but evidence is mixed on how the different schedule affects students' performance.
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The passage discusses a school district in Colorado that has adopted a four-day school week, detailing the reasons behind the decision and its potential impacts. It does not contain any mathematical questions or answers.

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