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I would hate it also since I'd have to pay for daycare. I wonder if the 4 days are longer where it removes the need for after-school care?

Currently every Wednesday at our district is an early out (1:00) so figuring out daycare for then will be a pain.

It’s pretty crappy for working parents, especially for those who don’t have the means to pay for a day of childcare.

@Anagram: Colorado has traditionally been a blue state, and they have a Democrat as governor if I remember right.

Here's an article about the change. Schools will run up to 4:30 T-F to make up for lost time, and parents can pay $30 to send their kid on Mondays. They claim 80% of parents are happy with it.

https://www.kxly.com/news/colorado-school-district-moving-to-four-day-school-weeks/721880671

I was reading that most Oklahoma schools are on a 4-day week because of lack of funding. Also, here in AZ, some rural schools are 4 days and my husband's district was considering this move very seriously due to lack of state funding.... and it's one of the biggest districts in the state. Parents were very upset, so ultimately it didn't go through.

For all those commenting about how inconvenient & expensive it would be, I hope you vote accordingly Can't defund public schools and expect them to operate at the same level as before.

ETA: found a link about Oklahoma:
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/education/amid-teacher-shortage-four-day-school-districts-can-t-afford/article_cdd1b3f3-4303-574f-8352-54462e93a796.html

I'd be selling my house and voting with my feet.

I know that sounds extreme, but I feel like parents can either move out or get themselves elected to try and change the discussion and I just don't have the time to run for office and deal with being an elected official at this time in my life.

My 3 nieces' school district has been on 4 day school weeks for a couple years now. My sister is a real estate agent so she works her schedule around to where she is works from home on Mondays, and only shows houses after her husband gets home or her MIL can watch them in dire need. I texted her to ask what working parents with less flexible jobs do and will edit when she answers.

I know that it helps with makeup snow days and what not. Instead of stretching the school year out or taking holidays if we have a bad winter, they just have school on Mondays for a few weeks or whatever. They also switched to a block style schedule so they have half their subjects 2 days a week and the other half the other days. So they get more time with their teacher, instead of the usual 45 minutes or whatever it was per class. They have actually done better in school since switching, and they weren't even bad students to start out with.

@bhbee: @Mamaof2: yes, my daughter just couldn't take longer days. If we absolutely had to cut hours I'd rather have shorter days and all five of them.

I guess I could see it being ok for older kids, who I assume could handle the longer day, but for little kids that just seems impossible to expect them to be learning for that many hours. I SAH so wouldn’t have to pay for extra childcare but it still seems like a bad idea.

@Mamaof2: this just seems odd to me. I wonder what prompted the change