- _ co ee _ pe aot ne ~The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 5, 2004 - A7

_ Survey says” most parents .
oppose the four-day week |

r ‘NEARLY ‘THREE- -QUARTERS of parents: ‘who resporided . from ‘70° per. cent-last-year to. 65. 7 per. cent this year in’
or toa survey on the.four-day, week oppose the cost- “cutting: English and-from75.7 per cent in math to 60:7: percent...
~ jattempt by the school district introduced last fall. : a ‘Testing scores: of ‘Thornhill, Elementary: Gradé'4'10,7°
. “But 86 per cent-of students: said they. liked tlie four: students: in- vocabulary and. comprehension remaitied vit. ,
[day ‘week better. than’ a five- -day' one,. according. lo the: tually unchanged from last year-to- this year’. *» wh
a, survey commissioned: by the school district: oe Canadian: Union of Public- Employees. filled: ‘out. a‘sur:::
__. 1? Teachers ‘were’ nearly ‘evenly : ‘divided" on: “the: idea. of " “yey separate from. the: ‘one commissioned bythe. school:.:
oot Priday. school closings: with 50 per cent saying they. liked. , district. Just. under: one-third of those surveyed “said ‘they
the. idea anid'45 per cent saying they did not. are’ working: ‘seven, lo-nine fewer hours 4 week under: the,
ne “Almost haif of the teachers. reported: a ‘dedrense:i in: n- job’ four-day regime compared. tothe five-day. schedule.”
a ‘satisfaction ‘while 28 per'cént: reported no change and: ae °-More ‘than half of the union workers = 54. 3-per cent —
oo percent! indicated. their. job satisfaction: increased; he ‘said ‘they. were, not:able:to- provide the sanic work. quality oa
“ye More than one- quarter (28 ‘per: vent) of parents: fepor. ‘in four. days compared to five, days. pe EG ee caOTDAe
hed: they: pay more for child care-because-of. the four-day” i
~ week, More than half reported no ‘child: care: cost: change: ARIE DAVIDSON
Parents of: children Grade-4 to 7 reported an. jneréased
” “amount ‘of stress on-their child.. aoe

} District’ S finance |
a ar eae eet fl gures doubted. .

my their children arid the lack of contact timé: with teachers.” ~
~ Those: -who: supported the: ‘four-day . week said ‘their - ‘A TERRACE ‘parent, isn't convinced the: school district i is.
-{children. can. -doother things” On. the day: the schools are: “using. accurate numbers | in. its. cost. ‘Savings ealeulations.-
. Jlosed’ ‘and’ that, overall,. there is. more. time: for family Hed to thé’ four-day week. o
: and. recreational activities. - ~Tanis: Pursell, now. -wants: the é schoo! board to hire an.
"Nearly half - 47 ‘per: cent, — of teachers: surveyed: ‘said’, independent ‘third "party. to” provide what: ‘she ‘ealls
. instructional time-to cover material in. ‘class ‘was greatly: :* necessary , actual annual cost savings.” oie
"affected by the four-day: week. while: 21 per cent indica ~.-;Purssell’ said some. of the cost: savings’ ‘claimed by.
“Sted there had been’ n6: change... ey “< going .to ‘the four-day: week ‘schedule could also” have.
os And(nearly | half — 48 per. cent: of. teachers fepoited been: applied.to a five-day week schédule,'° -- 8
ce that. the: ‘time’ required for: student learning had been af- ° cIt's a crucial” difference, ‘Purssell’ says, because it “
:. fected a lot. Of the remaining: teachers,.27. per cent said. : ‘closes. the gap’ between. what.a return. to a. five-day, week tI
J itehad-been affected a a little, while 22. per cent said there. schedule. would'r mean, compared. fo: continuing a four-day
: had been'no effect. ae - se¢hoal system. 2... - 2
; “Educational achievement data: indicates. ‘slight drops” School: district { information. released: last month indi-

- in ‘performance: in some schools and- mixed Tesults.in- cates. ‘administrators were. ablé'i6 cut-approximately $1. 4
-. others. At Kiti K’Shan Primary School; for example, 77> million: this year by. closing schools ‘on Fridays. - -
- peri cent. of studerts“met or exceeded’ expectations in: “But Purssell believes as much’ as $700,000 of that fig- :
ne March- 2003 compared to-75 per cent-in- March 2004: 0°. ure Applies: to'cost’ ‘savings ‘that! ‘could. have bee accom- :
oo Among: ‘aboriginal: ‘students -at Kiti K?Shan;: reading. ‘plished: within ‘a ‘five- day. week: schedule. * pe
‘and! ‘writing =proficiency: ‘dropped. from March 2002 to. My: point. is ‘there. were, Teductions’ over. and. above
: March 2004 but: math’ performance increased.” aes thé workload: reductions: tade: necessary by the four- day “
/* Che"number- of Caledonia: Senior Secondary ‘iuidens ¢ week,” said. Pursell. oe 7
“on. the. honour roll increased: from-140 in.2002-03 to, 153. _ Purssell’ also. questions planned. increases’ next."in.

n.2003- 04. ‘Yet the: percentage. of, Grade. 8 to. 10 ates see ‘board: office: hiring | and. professional development.
: and. travel amounting. { 0 .

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