The Upside To Tax Cuts

Rural Kentucky schools are giving sutdents Mondays off for all but the last four weeks of each semester. The article doesn’t mention reduced federal support as being one of the primary reasons that schools are having to search for extreme measures to save money. They even try to leave the door open that this could be a good thing.

The verdict is still out on whether students perform as well, and whether schools save enough money to justify the switch. But Webster County Assistant Superintendent Rachel Yarbrough said it appears to be a success here so far in its first year.

I hate to be a negative Nelly, but when Kansas, Arkansas and Louisiana all decide to try the same thing with their education system…well, it’s foreboding. No child left behind! Except maybe for their education.

Posted by etrigan at November 7, 2003 10:49 AM