{"id":3870,"date":"2011-12-28T16:01:36","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T21:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=3870"},"modified":"2011-12-28T16:06:52","modified_gmt":"2011-12-28T21:06:52","slug":"pasco-may-become-second-florida-school-district-with-four-day-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2011\/12\/28\/pasco-may-become-second-florida-school-district-with-four-day-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasco May Become Second Florida School District With Four-Day Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The New Year will bring consideration of a four-day school week in a suburban Tampa district. It\u2019s been the goal of Pasco County School Board member Steve Luikart<\/a> since he came on the job a year ago.<\/p>\n

Luikart is a Pasco native who spent several decades as a teacher and administrator before running for a seat on the board. He now chairs a task force<\/a> that is researching four-day weeks<\/a> as a way of saving money<\/a> while making sure student needs are met.<\/p>\n

The task force had its first meeting<\/a> in September. Members are examining an array of possible scenarios beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, like closing all schools and district buildings on Mondays or Fridays. Initial estimates several years ago suggested Pasco could save $3.2 million annually.<\/p>\n

The task force will present its findings to the school board<\/a> in March. The board will take a vote after getting input from residents during a public meeting. The district is also seeking feedback through January 20th<\/sup> online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If Pasco approves the change, it will join Marion County<\/a> as the only other district in Florida with four-day<\/a> schooling. Last summer, the Marion school board approved a 2012-2013 school calendar in which students report Tuesday through Friday.<\/p>\n

The biggest concerns<\/a> with the short week seem to be the childcare issue for parents who work full-time and whether student learning will suffer. But it\u2019s an idea that\u2019s working in other parts of the country. More than 120 school districts in 21 states<\/a> currently have a four-day a week schedule primarily as a means of saving money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The New Year will bring consideration of a four-day school week in a suburban Tampa district. It\u2019s been the goal of Pasco County School Board member Steve Luikart since he came on the job a year ago. Luikart is a Pasco native who spent several decades as a teacher and administrator before running for a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3870"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}