Washington state public school district moves to 4-day week over budget shortfall – IOTW Report

Washington state public school district moves to 4-day week over budget shortfall

Post Millennial- The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) has approved a major calendar shift for Finley School District in Benton County, allowing students a permanent three-day weekend starting in the 2025–26 school year. The small, rural district will become the only one in the Tri-Cities area to operate on a four-day school week — a move designed to close a growing $1 million budget gap.

Finley School District Superintendent Bryan Long said the district will monitor the effects of the new schedule, with a formal review scheduled for spring 2026. The state waiver allows Finley to continue the modified schedule through the 2027–28 academic year, depending on the results.

According to The Olympian, the change comes after voters in Finley rejected a $4.4 million local school levy in February, which would have sustained current district operations. In April, a reduced $3.45 million levy passed, but it included cuts to some athletic programs and staff positions. Had that second levy failed, Finley officials were prepared to eliminate sports entirely and implement deeper staff reductions. more here

13 Comments on Washington state public school district moves to 4-day week over budget shortfall

  1. I heard that School District Superintendent Bryan Long, when asked about how he expects working parents to deal with the unexpected presence of kids at home on a weekday, said, “Fuck if I know. Why the fuck should I care?”

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  2. “the change comes after voters in Finley rejected a $4.4 million local school levy in February,”

    Oh really. This is the school district teaching those stupid tax payers a lesson.

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  3. Who cares? Reading, writing and math are RACIST and show WHITE supremacy so they don’t teach the kids anything except how to tuck their penis to look like a girl.

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  4. The less time children spend in the clutches of the worthless government the better, Seriously, how can anyone willingly hand their children over to these monsters every morning?

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  5. Uncle Al
    Sunday, 29 June 2025, 18:54 at 6:54 pm
    “@GoB:

    But the remaining staff still gets paid for 5 days?

    Can you say UNION CONTRACT? I knew that you could. 😄😄😄”

    It is likely they can’t maff well enough to know if they get a pay cut, though. They are DEI, after all.

    Try it and seem

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