Iowa districts show interest in 4-day weeks

A growing number ofIowa school officials want the power to shorten the school week to four days, a cost-saving concept that has caught on in other states. School officials in Van Buren County want a waiver from the mandatory state schools calendar so they can switch to a four-day week as soon as next year. Other educators, while not completely sold on the idea, want state lawmakers to free them from the calendar’s confines, just in case. To read The Des Moines Register article, click here.