SD Public radio today carried a story on the economic crisis in Venezuela which is apparently a product of poor government and crashing oil prices. Huffington Post has a story and you can find many more. Not a good situation at all.
What was interesting about this today on public radio was that it provided two examples of the bad consequences of the economic collapse. 1. Government offices are only open for two days a week, and 2. Schools are closed on Friday.
Winner SD closes school of Friday as well. The difference is that Winner has no good excuse for their closure. Venezuela has little choice.
*** Stay tuned even if you pass parallel events in the middle of the night-- Doug Wiken
The Grand Forks Herald wrote up an article about districts in SD that use four day weeks, and they focused on Winner, surprisingly. Here is the link to the article, if interested. There is no input from people who oppose the four day week.
http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/3920131-its-4-day-week-some-south-dakota-schools
I graduated from Winner myself in 2006 before four day weeks were implemented.
Posted by: Wade Brandis | Jun 21, 2016 at 06:09 PM