The Bakersfield School District is the latest in southern Missouri to switch to a four-day school week starting this fall. The move will mean students will be in class a little longer those four days, but the district will save money by not running busses one day a week plus electric and food costs will be cut.
So why aren’t schools in Arkansas doing the same thing? Mountain Home superintendent Dr. Jake Long says a state law makes it impractical.
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Unless Arkansas lawmakers change the law, four-day school weeks probably won’t be an option for Arkansas schools.
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Dora was the first school in the area to switch to four-day school weeks several years ago.
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