Hawaii schools to move to four days

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Thousands of working parents in Hawaii are scrambling to make childcare arrangements ahead of the closure on Friday of all public schools, in a bid by the state's education authorities to cut costs.

All 256 of Hawaii's public schools will be closed in the first of 17 "furlough Fridays" that will see a drastic cut in school time for up to 171,000 children.The reduction of the school week from five to four days will last for at least the next two years.

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Just f-ing great, as if there were not enough high school "graduates" in the US incapable of reading their diplomas.

[MissMelsWell]

Kids in my state only go to school 4.5 days a week. Today, and every Wednesday, they're out of class by 11am. I have no idea when or why they started that a few years ago. I don't really know what the reasoning was behind it, I don't keep that in touch with public schools anymore (and my own daughter never went to school)...

we need massive education reform in this nation.

[SilverCougar]

Kids in my state only go to school 4.5 days a week. Today, and every Wednesday, they're out of class by 11am. I have no idea when or why they started that a few years ago. I don't really know what the reasoning was behind it, I don't keep that in touch with public schools anymore (and my own daughter never went to school)...

we need massive education reform in this nation.

This country needs a massive overhaul period.