Gas prices spur school district to consider shorter week(workers docked $)

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This would certainly suck for students and workers alike...
As if the workers will have less bills to pay. Is this a sign of things to come for schools/businesses??

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8DALS78A.html


Facing increasing fuel and utility costs, trustees for a North Texas school district have endorsed a plan that would limit the school week to four days.

The North Lamar Independent School District board decided Monday to allow Superintendent James Dawson to gather feedback and present a plan to the Texas Education Agency. The state agency would have to waive the requirement that schools be in session for 180 days a year. Dawson acknowledged that the plan doesn't come without sacrifices.

The fifth day's instruction would be absorbed into the four-day week, making classes at the high school an hour and 55 minutes and adding 90 minutes to the school day.

The plan would also dock a day's pay for the district's cafeteria workers and bus drivers. Those employees would retain their full-time benefits, Dawson said.