The economic downturn has proven so costly to the US state of Hawaii, local officials have forced public schools to cut their school week to just four days, starting on Friday.
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Recession Prompts Hawaii to Close Schools on Fridays
October 20, 2009 by OceanHome · Leave a Comment
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October 28, 2009 at 5:49 pm |
As someone that lived in Hawaii during my elementary school age years, this article caught my eye. At first I thought- man, as a kid I would have loved this decision. Then I immediately remembered how hard it was to get up to go back to school the first day after a 3-4 day holiday weekend (seems it took a day or so to get back into the swing of things) and wonder what kind of impact this will have on someones ability to remain engaged and focused for learning.
Curious….
October 29, 2009 at 11:10 am |
Good point, Mary. We hope this doesn’t have any negative long-term effects on the learning process.