Hawaii public schools go to 4 day school week

[Tristan Lall]

I had the same thoughts as Rich et al.....

This reminds me a little of what we in Ontario called "Rae days", after the Ontario premier who, in 1993, introduced something similar for most provincial workers. It did not enjoy the support of the major public service workers' unions, and was unpopular among my teachers at the time (presumably because their pay was being cut despite their collective bargaining agreement).

(What happened to the premier, Bob Rae? His party was soundly defeated in the next provincial election, mostly because of the unpopularity of this program.)

As implemented in the Scarborough public schools, Rae days were a bit different from what's apparently being proposed in Hawaii. Many of the unpaid days were concatenated on to the March break (and similar things), rather than cancelling two of every five Fridays.

How long is the Hawaii school year, anyway? Around 180 instructional days per annum?