Under their revised 4-day school week, Mondays were dropped and other days extended.
BRIGHTON, Colo. — Emma Cable, a junior at Eagle Ridge Academy in this working-class suburb north of Denver, spends her Mondays at volleyball practice and volunteering at a seeing-eye dog organization. Isabelle Jaramillo, a third grader at Northeast Elementary, spends hers at the local Boys & Girls Club, while Angelica Gallegos, a sixth grader at Vikan Middle, and her brother, Paul, a fourth grader at Pennock Elementary, go with their mother to Barr Lake State Park.
“We weren't going to compete in the current system. You just can’t be dead last in funding, last in starting teacher salaries, last in average teacher pay and expect you’ll attract the best folks,” 27J Schools Superintendent Dr. Chris Fiedler told NBC News in a recent interview.In most states, including Colorado, minimum instructional requirements for public schools are governed by hours in the classroom, not days.
If it weren't for that free service — Lore’s kids receive a scholarship because she can't afford to pay — “I’d have been out of a job,” she said. Owen Mathews, 5, after his preschool graduation. Owen's family is leaving the area and his father is looking forward to returning to a five-day schedule.Kids said they enjoyed having more time for play, rest and even homework, while high schoolers tended to pick up extra shifts at their part-time jobs, or volunteer to boost their college prospects.
Ally Hyatt, a seventh-grade science teacher at Vikan Middle, had spent the first four years of her career in Denver Public Schools, and applied for a job last summer specifically in 27J Schools when she learned about their new schedule.
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