Editor:
I think many people are assuming that the debate over the four-day week vs. the five-day week is about giving teachers a day off.To me it is about much more than that.
It is about the school board once again making decisions without input from those who elected them.It is about a very temporary interim superintendent making very permanent decisions knowing that she wont be here for the consequences.It is about willingness to make huge changes for the sake of student achievement when they are unwilling to bend on things like curriculum that is used everyday in the classroom.
Many of us went to the public meetings when the four-day week was put into place.We all watched Dr. (former superintendent Stacy) Housers presentations, listened intently to the options and understood them.Closing schools and laying off teachers, losing extracurricular sports programs and band, or going to a four-day week were pretty much the only choices.Our districts finances have not improved since this change was made.
So for me, and many other parents, it is not about a day off; it is about making an expensive decision without the funds to back it up.Where will the money come from, and how will our community be affected if the money doesnt come at all?
Joyce Horne
Cortez
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