April 16, 200818 yr Someone brought this up in another thread and I did not know it happened in KY. It seems Webster County has a 4-day school week. First, anyone out there from Webster County and can personally comment on it? http://www.webster.kyschools.us/Default.aspx?tabid=58 Here is a link to rationale. http://www.webster.kyschools.us/4DayWeekReport/tabid/848/Default.aspx
April 16, 200818 yr Author Bell Time/Instructional Time Clay School School Begins – 7:50 School Ends – 3:25 Time Spent at School – 7 hrs 35 minutes Instructional Time – 6 hrs 40 minutes Dixon School School Begins – 8:00 School Ends – 3:20 Time Spent at School – 7 hrs 20 minutes Instructional Time – 6 hrs 35 minutes Sebree School School Begins – 7:45 School Ends – 3:15 Time Spent at School – 7 hrs 30 minutes Instructional Time – 6 hrs 45 minutes Slaughters School School Begins – 7:50 School Ends – 3:25 Time Spent at School – 7 hrs 35 minutes Instructional Time – 6 hrs 45 minutes Webster County High School School Begins – 7:52 School Ends – 3:05 Time Spent at School – 7 hrs 13 minutes Instructional Time – 6 hrs 40 minutes On the HS, their time during the day is only 13 minutes more than what we presently do.
April 16, 200818 yr I follow the reasoning behind the 4-day week, but this has to hurt the kids. I know they will continue to get the same classroom hours and extra-curricular activities. I just don't see kids being able to sustain concentration for a longer day. If anything, and this is counter to the budget, schools should be going year round, with the possibility of slightly shorter days.
April 16, 200818 yr Author I follow the reasoning behind the 4-day week, but this has to hurt the kids. I know they will continue to get the same classroom hours and extra-curricular activities. I just don't see kids being able to sustain concentration for a longer day. If anything, and this is counter to the budget, schools should be going year round, with the possibility of slightly shorter days. You must have missed this part of my previous post. On the HS, their time during the day is only 13 minutes more than what we presently do. And we go 5 days per week. They start at 7:52. We start at 8:00. They dismiss at 3:05. We dismiss at 3:00. Not much of a difference there on amount of time they will have to sustain concentration.
April 16, 200818 yr You must have missed this part of my previous post. On the HS, their time during the day is only 13 minutes more than what we presently do. And we go 5 days per week. They start at 7:52. We start at 8:00. They dismiss at 3:05. We dismiss at 3:00. Not much of a difference there on amount of time they will have to sustain concentration. Yes, I read that after I posted. But if that's the case, aren't they losing instructional time? Do they do any kind of shortened lunch, class during lunch, no 5 minute breaks between classes? They should be making up for lost instructional time somewhere, correct?
April 16, 200818 yr Author Yes, I read that after I posted. But if that's the case, aren't they losing instructional time? Do they do any kind of shortened lunch, class during lunch, no 5 minute breaks between classes? They should be making up for lost instructional time somewhere, correct? I don't guess so. You could be very creative with class changes. Block kids together. For example, AP kids go 8 to 9:30 with AP English, than they get walked to AP History and at 9:31. 1 minute class change. I guess you structure lunch time correctly and you could put 15 minutes in there for lunch time. Giving them 18 minutes for class changes during the day. I would also gather no planning periods for teachers as planning time would be on Monday. I am totally guessing there. Teachers report on Monday.
April 17, 200818 yr Looks like a great plan. It definitely saves money. Why don't other schools go to this?
April 17, 200818 yr I knew about this. I'm pretty sure there are a lot of schools in maybe Mizzo that do this too.
April 17, 200818 yr It sounds great but as a parent I would think it woudl be a nightmare on Fridays. Parents work, kids at home.... trouble!
April 17, 200818 yr I would think going to a 4 day week would make the day drastically longer. But apperantly it's not that much of a difference at all. Do they go to school more days than schools on a regular schedule? If things aren't much different I don't see why other schools don't do this as well.
April 17, 200818 yr Looks like a great plan. It definitely saves money. Why don't other schools go to this? Our school looked into this but the community did not want it. Some reasons: Not enough day care. On the day off where would the younger students go. Classified staff would lose a day of work and not get paid as much. For example, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, aides. Change, people do not like change Longer days:even though in reality it was not much longer
April 17, 200818 yr Our school looked into this but the community did not want it. Some reasons: Not enough day care. On the day off where would the younger students go. Classified staff would lose a day of work and not get paid as much. For example, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, aides. Change, people do not like change Longer days:even though in reality it was not much longer Budget concerns are the reason for 4 day weeks isn't it? Knocking off the extra day of gas will cut that down and so will knocking off the pay of these workers. I'm not saying it is a good thing by no means, but it would help out with budget problems everyone is having.
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