Four-Day Week

As families step away from the 2024-25 school year, school districts across Idaho are ramping up their plans for the next – and more than a few are wrestling with the idea of possibly joining the growing list of districts who have adopted four-day schedules.

Nearly 10 percent of Idaho children go to school just four days a week. That’s almost 27,000 students. Dozens of districts across the state have switched…

A new study says the switch to a four-day school week isn’t saving Idaho school districts the kind of money they had expected. The Rural Opportunities…

A study by a rural education group has found that the four-day school week some Idaho schools have adopted has not been saving money as they were…