A Colorado school district intent on saving money has cut one of its greatest costs: teaching.
District 27J, one of the state's larger districts, has eliminated Mondays from the school week and switched to a four-day schedule, starting on Tuesday, the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year. Superintendent Chris Fiedler told NBC 9 News that the district will save on transportation costs, teaching salaries and district-wide utilities.
"We anticipate about $1 million in savings," Fiedler said.
9 News reported the change comes on the heels of six failed attempts by the district to raise additional funds through bond elections.
The district serves nearly 18,000 students and includes 12 elementary schools, four middle schools, four high schools and five charter schools. It is the 98th district in state approved by the Colorado Department of Education to adopt the shorter schedule.
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ReplyDeleteTeachers than can have all their meetings on Fridays
instead of wasting tax dollars during the year
I thought they were making so much money off marijuana?
ReplyDeleteColorado has buckets of money from pot, so this confuses me.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, what are parents supposed to do? Screw 18K families for a million dollars savings?
ReplyDeleteAnd to add insult to injury they will happily charge you for child care PER CHILD - The district plans to offer child care on Mondays for $30 per child per day.
ReplyDeleteOn top of taxes now families have to pay child care costs of approx $1200 per year per child.
And this is the best solution they could come up with?
They can save even more if they do like that school in DC, just give them Diploma's for not attending.
ReplyDelete@8:26 The parents are supposed to take care of their own children! It isn't the responsibility of the Schools to babysit your children all the time! What do you do in the summer?
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