A four-day school week?

To save money in these tough times, some schools across the nation are considering moving to a four-day school week. Others are raising lunch prices or are cutting back on food choices.

Read more here. And share your ideas for cutting costs with us.

-- Julie Sobczyk Mitchell

Comments

[Dave]

My suggestions:
- replace all standard software with online versions, then replace/re-image computers as terminals, requiring less spending on software licenses and hardware upgrades
- replace textbooks with the free textbooks developed by groups like MIT OpenCourseware (or internally developed texts)
- listen to (or even offer bounties for) money-saving ideas from staff

It's important for businesses to go through a cycle of "tough times" and emerge leaner and more efficient. My school seems to spend more time wringing hands and complaining than it does streamlining and improving.