KIRBY SUPERINTENDENT PIKE PALMER, elementary principal Dolores Cowart, and high school principal Jason Burns talked to numerous administrators as Kirby considered making the switch. Cowart and Burns say they now have qualified teachers from other districts contacting them asking when jobs might be available. Burns said morale among students has improved. Four days is less daunting than five. Not only did Friday classes go away, but so did “hump day.”
far away, already had numerous fourday districts. Palmer brought the idea to the school board. Administrators contacted four-day districts in Oklahoma and Missouri. Kirby High School Principal Jason Burns said nobody had any complaints. “Everybody had their different positives, but when I’d say, ‘What’s one negative you can think of?’ they would say, ‘Nothing,’” he said. “The only thing that anybody ever said was at first it was childcare. But every one of them told me that there would be people in the community upset about it or whatever when you’re talking about it, but they said once you start, you won’t hear anything else about it.” Patrons were presented pros and cons at a couple of community meetings. Roughly 90% were in favor. In March 2019, the school board voted 7-0 to implement the plan. The district at the time was struggling with enrollment. After being hired in
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