TGIF.

• Position: Stateline - Brief Article

Cash-strapped rural school districts in at least 12 states are turning to four-day school weeks to save money and are finding results they hadn't predicted. Although closing the building one day a week can save on transportation, some hourly salaries, and on heating and air conditioning, cost reduction isn't the only benefit cited by communities that have successfully tried it. South Dakota's Custer school district reports that their 1995 switch to the four-day school week has allowed teachers to cover more academic ground, boosted morale, reduced absenteeism, decreased the need for...