Four Day School Week Research Paper

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The Drawbacks of a Four-Day School Schedule In recent years the idea of a four-day school schedule has gained popularity among schools in the United States, and this includes 1,600 schools in twenty-four states. However, this schedule can have negative impacts on students. Four-day school weeks make the school day longer and the four-day schedule can be harmful to students' education and mental health. Additionally, schools do not save that much money on a four-day school schedule. To make up for the lost school day, a four-day school schedule will make the school days longer. Many students will have trouble sitting through the day. An extra hour will be added to the day and many students will be tired and not be able to pay attention by the end …show more content…
Some might argue that schools can save money if they transfer to the four-day week; however, schools on the four-day schedule are not saving as much money as they anticipated. The amount of money a school saves is a low percentage and is enough to make much of a difference. The text states, “Research shows that the maximum possible cost savings for districts on a four-day week is 5.43%, but average savings range from 0.4% to 2.5%. One factor affecting savings is whether the school remains open on the fifth day. Some school districts opt for four-day school weeks to attract and retain teachers” (“Four-Day School Week Overview” par 2). This shows that schools are saving a small amount of money on the four-day school week and the amount of money that they are saving is not worth transferring to the shorter week. Overall, schools should not transfer to the four-day week because schools will not save much money. In conclusion, there are many reasons why a school should not transfer to a four-day week. The school days would be much longer and kids would have less time to get things done after the long school