Approximately 100 rural schools in the United States have adopted a four day a week school schedule, mostly to save fuel costs where buses travel up to 100 miles a day. Districts are reporting up to a ten percent savings on fuel and four percent savings on facilities energy use. I know from personal experience on our district’s budget committee that transportation is th
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Can You Imagine Your Kids Going to School 4 Days a Week?
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Submitted by ecochildsplay on Mon, 2008-07-28 14:54. | Tags: transportation | education | energy | four day week | homeschool | homework | transportation
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Find out a great idea this mom had about planting an extra row in her garden for the needy. Her Eco-Wrap post includes some great links including the annoucement that she is officially a homeschooling mom.
Submitted by blogversary on Sun, 2008-06-01 13:33. | Tags: architecture | gardening | homeschool | Nature