Columns, Opinion

Editor’s Column: School’s back in session, but is the four-day week hurting us?

When a topic randomly pops up in conversation twice in the space of a few days, it makes me wonder if there’s more to think about. This week it’s the concept of the four-day school week.

I remember the discussion and debate the last time our districts decided to go to a four-day week as a way to conserve an ever-dwindling supply of funds.

Anecdotally, my third and fourth children attended four-day schools in…