The switch to four-day school weeks is popular among smaller school districts that...
Some school districts across Texas are shrinking their school weeks to four days as a way to attract and retain both teachers and students.
School administrators found they were leaving to teach in neighboring districts that were operating on four-day school weeks, usually Monday through Thursday. The switch to four-day school weeks has become popular recently among smaller and rural school districts across Texas that need an attractive incentive to recruit and retain teachers and that don’t always have the financial resources to dish out dramatic pay increases like in bigger districts.
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