03-04-2025
Lincoln High School responds to Arkansas House bill that doesn't allow for four-day weeks
LINCOLN, Ark. (KNWA/FOX24) — Lincoln Consolidated School District was one of the districts to adopt the four-day school week in 2023, and Lincoln High School disapproves of Arkansas House Bill 1864, which attempts to revert schedules back to a traditional five-day week.
The bill claims to be an attempt to 'improve efficiency in student instruction,' but Lincoln principal Stan Karber says since switching to the four-day week, their student and faculty has been more efficient than before.
'Our attendance is through the roof. Our student discipline is through the roof. We don't have to deal with a lot of the things. Again, our kids are here four days a week. I feel like that extra day has mentally prepared them for a lot of the stuff,' Karber said. 'It's created a culture that you cannot put a cap on, you can't really put a price tag on. What we see, the teachers that are wanting to stay here are healthy and happy because of that extra day off.'
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Karber also added that he feels personally attacked by the bill, claiming that the bill was created to aid big school districts while leaving small, rural ones like Lincoln forgotten about.
'I just find it incredibly disheartening and discouraging that a group of people in Little Rock and Jake Oliva and the Arkansas Department of Education seem to be fighting harder against small schools than they are fighting for small schools and the teachers that we represent and the students that we represent,' Karber said.
KNWA/FOX24 reached out to the Arkansas Department of Education but has not received a response.
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