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Scarlett O'Hara
06-11-2008, 01:11 PM
This in the Hattiesburg American today.

Schools cope with gas prices

Monstrous gas prices are forcing some Pine Belt schools to operate on a four-day workweek this summer to cut employees' costs at the pumps.

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080611/NEWS01/806110301
gine
06-11-2008, 01:13 PM
Four day work week works for me!
phmom
06-11-2008, 01:15 PM
Wow!!!! I would love to go to 4 day work weeks......
JMC
06-11-2008, 01:15 PM
i'd like a four day work week....my job could support it....
Hermione
06-11-2008, 01:16 PM
I could do at least half of my work from home.
mac
06-11-2008, 01:24 PM
As a teacher, here's the first thing that comes to mind: Kids are worthless on Fridays and Mondays, and with a 4 day school week, I would only have 2 days to milk work out of them between the Monday and the "Friday."

And I wonder how much farther we'd have to go into the summer to make up the Fridays.
fuzzis
06-11-2008, 01:27 PM
As a teacher, here's the first thing that comes to mind: Kids are worthless on Fridays and Mondays, and with a 4 day school week, I would only have 2 days to milk work out of them between the Monday and the "Friday."

And I wonder how much farther we'd have to go into the summer to make up the Fridays.

A lot of the time would be made up by lengthening the school day.
LipsofanAngel
06-11-2008, 01:27 PM
If kids have a 3 day weekend they're just gonna have more time to get in trouble. Especially if mom & dad are at work on the day the kid is off....

As for me, I'd love it, and I think my office could definitely function just fine on 4 days... I could spend the 5th day at home doing paper work.
MSfire1
06-11-2008, 01:34 PM
I have work a four day schedule before and loved it. As far as school I think a four day week could work well and as for as how long you would have to go into the summer. Why not look at an all year school schedule but have several two and three week breaks scattered throughout the year. As a parent it would make things easier as far as childcare when the kids are not in school.
Fire Extinguisher
06-11-2008, 01:42 PM
I would love a 4 day week. Save on a drive of 160 miles ever week!
mac
06-11-2008, 01:44 PM
A lot of the time would be made up by lengthening the school day.

Ugh. Our day already goes until 4.
fuzzis
06-11-2008, 01:47 PM
Ugh. Our day already goes until 4.

Hmmmm...figure in an hour earlier start and an hour later end, and you'll just about have it.
58ford
06-11-2008, 02:20 PM
Just move some cots into the school & don't let the young'uns leave.
Scarlett O'Hara
06-11-2008, 03:18 PM
Hush yo mouth!!!!!!!!!
timforjesus
06-11-2008, 03:50 PM
question is? if by some reason prices go down, will they add an extra day to the work week?

seeing how I work in the restaurant business and my wage is hourly, this doesn't help me for jack
Augustus McRae
06-11-2008, 03:59 PM
question is? if by some reason prices go down, will they add an extra day to the work week?

seeing how I work in the restaurant business and my wage is hourly, this doesn't help me for jack


I think they might mean 4 LONGER days, timmy....days with MORE HOURS of work in them.....
aaron
06-11-2008, 04:25 PM
Remember to link articles, and not post the full article.
Scarlett O'Hara
06-11-2008, 04:42 PM
Sorry!
walking tall
06-11-2008, 04:48 PM
If they are so worried about fuel cost why does Hattiesburg run school buses for kids that go to summer school? If you decide to screw around and not pass you should not have a ride to school on my buck. We are problay feeding them for free also. If you ever ride by the city of hattiesburg's fuel depot on james street swing in there and see what there pumps say they are paying last time I checked gas and diesel are both 1 dollar a gallon!!!!!!! I am paying almost 5 dollars a gallon to keep my truck on the road...
Bahlk
06-11-2008, 04:53 PM
If they are so worried about fuel cost why does Hattiesburg run school buses for kids that go to summer school? If you decide to screw around and not pass you should not have a ride to school on my buck. We are problay feeding them for free also.

My son who is in the severe and profound special ed class is in summer school but since they don't receive traditional grades he didn't fail. He just does better in a structured environment and don't want to lose what he has learned during the year so we send him during summer to keep his mind on task. But yea I understand where you are coming from, just not everybody is "riding" the system.
walking tall
06-11-2008, 05:00 PM
I understand some kids need more help than others..But when the kids is perfectly capeable of learning and parents dont make them go to school and they are not required by mom and dad to keep there grades up and the only reason to go to school is for hot meals that is unacceptable in my book.

Probally 80percent of these kids want graduate anyways and for some reason that is going to cost me more money for them to sit on the front porch of there grandma's house and drink beer and shoot dice.