4-Day Weeks for Schools?

Two Pennsylvania school districts are considering 4-day work weeks in order to save money. Having students stay home an extra day sounds like most kids wish come true, but how about learning? Will they loose electives in order to compensate for the lack of instruction time? It seems to just be permanent furlow days for all the teachers. If you cross reference this article on Edweek.com with this one from Politicususa.com you can see why we are falling behind in many aspects of world competition, lack of emphasis on the future:( It makes me sad to see the repercussions of the last 30 years of a lack of value placed on education. 100 years ago not everyone got to school and today everyone takes the process for granted. Hopefully we figure out that eduction is the key to our nations success before we go the way of ancient Rome and implode.