Just saw this on the news, that a few schools around Philly are thinking about testing out a 4 day school week which will save the district some $1.5mm a month in costs
Article on
Time.com
I can only imagine this will cause issues with parents as most probably work during the day and don't have a way to get their kids on that 5th day. Likewise, what about single parents with younger kids in school, I can see this causing problems.
When I lived in Missouri when I was younger we went on this year around schedule, 9 weeks on 3 weeks off. Luckily my mom was a stay at home mom, but a few kids I knew had to go to some type of day care while they were on vacation.