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May 6, 2009 10:00 am US/Eastern

Broward School Board Discussing 4-Day School Week

Plan could save $3.6 million

FT. LAUDERDALE (CBS4) ― The Broward School Board plans on discussing switching high schools a four-day week on Wednesday. The plan was originally floated in February, but at the time, it was unknown how much money could actually be saved by moving high schools to the four-day week.

Since then, numbers have been crunched and some preliminary estimates have been revealed. According to CBS4 news partner, the Miami Herald, turning off the electricity at schools for 33 school days would save $1.3 million, or about $40 thousand per day. If school buses are also idled for the same amount of days, it would save the district around $580,173, or around $17.5 thousand per day, according to the Herald.

The district said if Monday is the day that is removed from the schedule, an additional $147,177 from not sending buses to magnet-school activities. The Herald said $1.5 million would be saved in food costs for the 33 missing days.

All total, the savings would be around $3.6 million.

A move to a four-day school week for all schools would require the Broward Teachers Union to agree to the change. But, according to the Herald, the board could encourage schools to move to four-day schedules on their own, which can be done after a faculty vote.

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