Gary Murray
Mrs.Tieman
CP English 12
11/20/14
4 or 5 day school week, which is better?
Have you ever wanted a school week with less time in class, well new studies show that there are many school in the U.S. that are going to a four day school week. The cause of this, to save money and give more responsibility to the kids. Schools in Colorado have saved nearly half a million dollars by cutting down to a four day school week. (www.usnews.com)
The biggest reason for this new school week is that local schools are losing a bunch of money from falling tax rates. So a solution is to lose a school day to save money and you don’t have to cut jobs for teachers or any staff inside the school. This helps out everyone inside the schools, the kids get an extra day off which will result in a higher morale for the school overall which improves the learning atmosphere, and the teachers get to keep their jobs and their regular pay.
There are those who say this could put pressure on parents by having kids stay at home for a longer period of time. Well this could possibly be true for some parents this will also give parents to spend more time with their children to have fun and spend more family time with each other.
Another reason a four day school week might be that it gives children more of a responsibility to keep track of homework and interact with the real world a little more often. This means in the long run the child will be more independent and can be held more responsible for his or her actions. This in turn will result in higher grades for said child and will look good for a job or college application.
Now some will say that the child will not have as much interaction with his or her teacher. While this will be true it will teach the child to use his or her time in a more orderly fashion which will result in teaching them more about using your time wisely and being responsible for your time. This should also have the children learning the importance of organization and having a good schedule down.
These are the reasons in which I believe why all schools should go to a four day school week and how it’s a huge money saver and will benefit all the personal In the school and even some out of it.
Mrs.Tieman
CP English 12
11/20/14
4 or 5 day school week, which is better?
Have you ever wanted a school week with less time in class, well new studies show that there are many school in the U.S. that are going to a four day school week. The cause of this, to save money and give more responsibility to the kids. Schools in Colorado have saved nearly half a million dollars by cutting down to a four day school week. (www.usnews.com)
The biggest reason for this new school week is that local schools are losing a bunch of money from falling tax rates. So a solution is to lose a school day to save money and you don’t have to cut jobs for teachers or any staff inside the school. This helps out everyone inside the schools, the kids get an extra day off which will result in a higher morale for the school overall which improves the learning atmosphere, and the teachers get to keep their jobs and their regular pay.
There are those who say this could put pressure on parents by having kids stay at home for a longer period of time. Well this could possibly be true for some parents this will also give parents to spend more time with their children to have fun and spend more family time with each other.
Another reason a four day school week might be that it gives children more of a responsibility to keep track of homework and interact with the real world a little more often. This means in the long run the child will be more independent and can be held more responsible for his or her actions. This in turn will result in higher grades for said child and will look good for a job or college application.
Now some will say that the child will not have as much interaction with his or her teacher. While this will be true it will teach the child to use his or her time in a more orderly fashion which will result in teaching them more about using your time wisely and being responsible for your time. This should also have the children learning the importance of organization and having a good schedule down.
These are the reasons in which I believe why all schools should go to a four day school week and how it’s a huge money saver and will benefit all the personal In the school and even some out of it.