As a small rural district with a small budget, Woodson Independent School District struggled to compete for teachers with its larger urban peers in North Texas. "Better the teacher, the better the student's outcomes. And so we knew if we wanted to improve education for our school district, we had to be able to attract and retain really good staff," Superintendent Casey Adams said. "And, I knew I couldn't pay more." So six years ago, school leaders made a change that is becoming increasingly common among districts in similar situations: They shrank the school week from five to four days.
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Michael Spurlin
ATPE
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