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March 27, 2010

Illinois considers a four-day school week to save money

Melanie Eversley

Illinois state senators are considering a measure already in place in other states that would allow school districts to convert to a four-day week, the Chicago Tribune writes.

State House members already have approved the plan, designed to help rural school districts save money, the paper said. California, Colorado and Arizona have adopted similar plans, the paper reported.

"We would save $100,000 or more a school year ... (if we) run the buses one less day a week," Mark Janesky, superintendent of the Jamaica School District, told the Tribune. "I turn the heat off an extra day a week. Your cafeteria is open one day less a week."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 27, 2010 2:33 AM
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