With gas prices still on the rise and holding at record levels, there seems to be a lot of discussion revolving around shortening the work week to only four days. Some schools in Arizona are considering the move because not running busses one day out of the week would save a tremendous amount on fuel costs. It would also help out family budgets since they would be driving to school one less day every week. But can parents handle the extra day of the kids being home to save some money on gas? Is it worth one less day of education every week? Those are interesting questions that will only be answered if someone actually passes this measure and it goes into effect.
In addition to schools, some employers are kicking around the idea of going to 4 day work weeks as well. You’re still going to work 40 hours in those 4 days. Or you could telecommute one day out of the week. That move would supposedly save a lot of fuel consumption too. But, if you had one extra day off work, do you think you would end up driving the same amount you would normally going to and from work that day? Has your employer considered an idea like this or have you presented it to them? Let us know!
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Hey N
Question – I have 2 boys still in school… I know that they are state required to attend “X” amount of hours. Do you know if the school day would be extended or will there just be more days added to the school year… which sort of defeats the gas saving issue. Just curious… Congrats on the new job!
@maiden53: Good question! As the proposals stand in Arizona, the school day would be lengthened by about an hour and ten minutes as opposed to stretching school longer throughout the year to makeup the days.
Oh my kids will LOVE being in school an hour or so longer!! hehe I will have a little longer to run errands in Flag. Thanks for the info