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LATHROP, Mo. 鈥?The four-day school week is one solution that Missouri districts are exploring 鈥?or have already put in place 鈥?to recruit and retain teachers in the midst of a statewide shortage. As another school year is about to begin, KSHB 41 talked to two district leaders 鈥?one that has had a four-day week in place for a long time and another that s exploring it for the future. We were only thinking about saving money, that was it, Chris Fine, superintendent at the
stanley quencher Lathrop R-II School District, said.The district first began exploring a four-day week in 2009. It s been really beneficial for us in a lot of ways, Fine said. According to Fine, the district has saved money since it was enacted in the district. We are saving 1-1.5% per year, that s been c
stanley becher onsistent over the life of the thing. For us, we re able to add 25 hours of instruction, Fine said. The district has gone from averaging 1,065 hours per year of instruction, to 1,090.It s current schedule is Tuesday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. every week of the school calendar. According to fine, it has also helped with staffing teachers too. It was really good for us at the beginning, unintended co
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Protests, elections, COVID-19--these are some of the factors experts say are leading to the rise of gun sales this year. Theres just so much happening right now to make people feel uncertain, and I think thats the one thing
stanley coffee mug that might explain gun sales, said Trent Steidley, a sociologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Denver.Steidley focuses on topics like firearms and society. First, it was COVID to think about. OK, people are probably feeling unsure about a lot of things, and we know uncertainty kind of correlates with gun sales. It can
stanley sverige go with things like a recession, it can go with things like unemployment, he explained. What we ve seen now is about four months of pretty heavy gun sales. A firearm industry survey conducted by the NSSF showed handguns outpaced shotguns 2 to 1 in sales among first-time gun buyers, following a larger, rising trend Steidley has been watchin
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