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Board hears concerns about four‑day school‑week research; busing, childcare and student meals cited as obstacles
Summary
Board members and staff discussed a request from bargaining teams to research a four‑day school week. Several board members recounted past 2009 consideration, and staff warned altered calendars would disrupt bus routes, reduce student meals and create childcare challenges in rural routes.
The board discussed a union proposal to research a four‑day school week after bargaining teams asked to form a joint work group. A board member who reviewed past proposals said the district studied the model in 2009 and found many of the same obstacles remain, and urged caution before assigning district resources to a new study.
A board member provided detailed bus‑route timing and described how earlier start or end times under…
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