Many school districts have cut back to 4-day weeks because of staffing shortages and available staff are burned out, as well as to cut transportation costs due to the increased fuel costs for busses. My local school district is considering cutting back to just a 4 1/2 day week and even that is throwing parents into a tizzy about how to have childcare for their kids on one early release day each week Not to mention that many districts have cut a full day. The labor shortage surely has not made it any easier to find childcare.
A 4-day work week would perfectly remedy this. Both schools and offices operate monday-thursday. All the more reason to cut work to 4 days.