should school days be reduced from 5 to 4 days a week?what do you think?

[willow80834]

OUr school has less then 100 kids  Pre -12th   they go 4 days a week and the s a t s  didnt suffer BUT they go till 4 which means by the time homework and dinner is done its bed time

[hayhal74]

I personally would love it for personal reasons, since I am a teacher.....but I definitely don't think it would be beneficial for the students.  It is hard enough in a five day week to get all the necessary standards in!

[melinder]

No school should stay at 5 days a week becuase parents have to work typically 5 days a week. I think it would put more stress on parents to find people to watch their kids if school was only 4 days a week

[LAkathi]

Heck no.  With the education that is received by today's kids, if anything, they should go to school 6 days a week.  And for at least 50 weeks a year.

[Skyisbluetoday]

I think if schools can go to 4 days a week and kids still learn, then I agree with 4 days a week. Of course that wouldn't help the teacher's if their pay is reduced too. If the 4 day's a week help's the school stay and teacher's still have a job then I would say 4 day's a week would help. 

[rrflem4]

I agree with most teachers & moms with children attending school at least 5 days a week. I home school my children, & it is very time consuming. Sometimes we have to work on the weekends.

[ckaliszewski]

The US education is ranked 18/36, so the last thing we should do is decreasing the number of days kids are in school per week.

[timvolley]

i think it should stay at 5 days this is helpful for those parents who work outside the home. what is one to do on the day kids are off if the parents work

[mrstina08]

My niece now goes to school five days a week. it works well for them.

[CoolWifey]

Being successful in this country requires you to be a lifelong learner. I would opposed to reduced school days from 5 days to 4 days a week.

[melinder]

I think that it's a bad idea mainly for parents because they would have to find a way for their younger childern to be watched

[KrystalStarr]

There is a high school here in arizona its 4 days a week. They have longer class time shorter semsters you earn more credits faster. The teachers are wonderful and have a genuine interest in the students knowledge.  If u miss anytime whatso ever you're supposed to make it up either during the week or Fridays. This school is misjudged a lot out here it is an alternative school (mess up kids) is what people think when they hear it. But I graduated and actually learned a lot. The aims scores this school gets are one of the highest in the valley. It teaches real values and teaches you about the real world andall of the other textbook things school is meant for. I wish all high school were more like this one

[jdgaris]

The original idea of schools educating children was to be sure that they are prepared for life. Part of being prepared for life is knowing what a normal workweek feels like. Children learn to prepare for this by going to school. I also feel another good reason to keep a 5 day week is that school age children have school & after school programs, which helps working parents who cannot afford daycare. I do not, however, care for the idea of year round schooling. There are many divorced parents who are only able to have their children during summer vacations. It would not be a good thing for the children to go to school year round & be unable to see their absent parent. Plus children do not handle stress as well as adults so they need this time to de-stress.

[ancmetro]

       With the high fuel prices and cost of transportation, I think that is an excellent idea. Schools should edit some of their courses and use better textbooks. Classes should be four days a week with extended hours. The fifth day should be used for other activities if the student can afford it.

[champak97]

School days for 4 days a week would be ok, if the curriculum is also modified. Without that, it would be too much of lessons for kids to cope up. As such kids in middle school hardly get 7 hrs of shut eye each night, so if it is 4 days a week then it would be both good and bad for the kids, because they get one more free day during the week, and will be burdened for the other 4 days.