These Texas Schools Now Offer 4 Day Weeks

Texas, according to this KXAN article, has a little over 100 school districts currently, or soon to be adopting, a 4 day school week, and the number looks to continually be growing in the coming years as competition for teacher recruitment and retention becomes a much more competitive struggle for communities across the Lone Star State.

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The education industry is not the only workplace that has embraced and/or explored the possibility of 4 day work weeks as many in fields like the Austin tech industry have already adopted less rigid schedules than what the nine to fives offers.

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I can personally say as someone in a creative industry, I would whole heartedly welcome a 4 day work week, but as a working father of 3 small children, I am terrified of the potential stresses that could enter the homelife by being forced to accommodate the kids being out of school one workday each week.

These Texas Schools Now Offer 4 Day Weeks

Both of the Killeen and Temple Independent School Districts have been debating the prospect of adopting a four day school week for quite some time, and they are not alone as the discussions have been ongoing in other Central Texas communities like Salado, Waco, Copperas Cove, and Jarrell.

Right now in Central Texas, only Academy ISD, Marlin ISD, and Rockdale ISD are on a four day week, with Rogers ISD offering hybrid.

There are another 100 school districts also making use of the new schedule, and you can check them out here.