Four-Day School Weeks

摘要

The kids in caldwell parish will be ditching a lot of school this year. Every Monday, to be precise-and they're doing so with the principal's permission. Starting Aug. ii, this rural school system in northeastern Louisiana will hold classes only four days a week, following the lead of more than 100 school districts in 17 states. The reason? To save gas money. As the price of diesel-which most school buses run on-topped $4.70 per gal. last spring, school officials across the country watched their transportation costs skyrocket as much as 40%.