The Four Day School Week

In Jackson County, KY, the students will be getting a three day weekend.

Every weekend.

Across Kentucky, school districts are cutting field trips, redrawing bus routes or curtailing athletic events to cope with rising fuel costs. But no one's making quite as dramatic a change as Jackson County.

Starting the week of Oct. 17, students will get every Friday off. Teachers will work half a day.

With the move, approved by the school board Sept. 5, Jackson becomes the fourth school district in the state to implement a four-day week, and the first to do so primarily for financial reasons.

What a great lesson for the students: If gas prices go up, take more time off.
Incidentally, I found this article via In The Agora.