A French Catholic school board in Ottawa is looking to pilot the compressed week at two of its elementary schools next fall if it receives provincial Ministry of Education approval
On top of new backpacks and school supplies, some parents whose children attend Ottawa-area schools will soon have another choice to consider: a four-day school week.
It’s not unusual for boards to experiment with the school calendar where the number of instructional hours are redistributed, not reduced. A number of schools in Canada, for example, have year-round classes, which means students have a shorter summer break to prevent learning loss and more holidays dispersed throughout the year.
More parents have flexible work schedules these days and remote work has become commonplace. A four-day calendar would give students and staff more time to spend with families, attend appointments or simply take time to rest. However, Christopher Doss, a policy researcher at Rand, said that the four-day week “is definitely a policy that has a lot of trade-offs.”
In Alberta, Fort McMurray’s public school district considered compressing the school week in 2013 to cut costs. Trustees voted against it after parents expressed concern about how they would manage child care.
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