Interest grows in 4-day week for Iowa schools
by Staci Hupp
A growing number of Iowa school officials want the power to shorten the school week to four days, a cost-saving concept that has caught on in other states. In Iowa, the four-day week has found its biggest fans in the smallest school districts, where shrinking enrollment and historically high fuel costs have battered budgets. School districts in 17 states run on a four-day schedule, national data show.
Des Moinse Register, 9/28/2008