Dear Editor:
We are students at John Black Public School. We are writing in an attempt to persuade you into having four-day weeks instead of five days.
First of all, the teachers can have more time to mark and prepare for work and build amazing lessons. The school board saves money and the kids can have more time for their homework. If people know that they have a long weekend they might want to do their work more.
These are some of the schools and places around the world that have four-day weeks: Colorado, Japan and New Zealand. Over 50% of these schools have extra time for work and learning. When they take the standardized test, their scores stay the same or improve.
There are very little downsides to this idea and a lot of upsides. For those who say staff might get paid less, time is money.
We hope you agree.
Penny Y. and Rylan C.,
Fergus