Right Now, Buna ISD, Like It Always Does, Will Be The Last to do It-

 So, I read on Woodville ISD that they are looking seriously at going to a 4 day school week.

The state has changed the rules from going a set number of days a school year, to going a set number of minutes each school year. ( It is 75,600 minutes)

That means most school districts can now seriously look at 4 day weeks. 

Lumberton, Jasper, Devers, Liberty ISDs all have 4 day school week now. ( Or some form thereof)

As I have said in the past, Senior Government went from a full year to half a year course. This is because the state decided high school seniors needed a half-credit class in economics. 

Neither half a year of government, nor half a year of economics does either course enough good to do the subject justice. I remember for a while they had a difficult time finding people qualified to teach economics, and the state knowing this, allowed non-qualified people to teach economics for a set time period. ( There were a ton of people with a government certification, but it was for a while hard to find people with either a Social Studies Composite or an Economics  certificate...and those with the Social Studies Composite often did not want to teach economics. Economics is a horrible class to try and teach to high school students.)

But again, I digress.

Watch and see.....If it becomes standard, Buna will become one of the last local districts to change. 

And it is my understanding, Buna is wanting to add school days. Again, it is minutes, not days. Buna is not going to pay faculty more and if they do, it is not significantly enough to stay.

And if you are a STEM teacher, why stay? Heck, I was looking at job openings in other schools and there are 'Core Subject' openings all over the area. Heck, all over Texas. Heck, if you are a STEM person, private industry and business will pay more and you do not have to put-up with "Karens"  telling teachers and principals " Little Rogue or Little Shady who choked to death the classroom hamster, or set your room on fire, they are angels and you should be honored to have this little thug in you class."

My understanding is people are already putting out applications, sending out CV's, resumes....And can you blame them? Heck, if I was a STEM person, I'd be looking at industry too....

Heck there are people calling teacher retirement to see if they can retire?

Don't be shocked if there are a large number of new faces, or heck, they might not be able to find faculty. 

It's going to be interesting between now and the start of the 23-24 year....