4 Day School Week Information
Paradise Schools has adopted a four-day school week schedule for the 2024-2025 school year.
Why?
- Foster work/life/school balance.
- Encourage and increase quality family time.
- Sustain staff retention and increase high-quality candidate recruitment.
A 4-day week will encompass 144 instructional school days from August to May. It would include 1 Friday each month as a staff development day.
How?
Surveys were sent to Paradise Schools families to explore the 4-day week. We then followed up with open forums, Q&A opportunities, focus groups, and board meeting presentations of findings. The Governing Board approved the schedule at the November 28, 2023 meeting.
October 2023 Survey Results
Parent Survey Results (based on 1,469 parent responses)
If Paradise Schools moved to an alternative schedule for a 4 day school week, please select the option below that best describes your level of support for this change:
| Strongly Agree | 55.5% (815) |
| Agree | 15.1% (222) |
| Neutral/Unsure | 12.5% (184) |
| Disagree | 4% (59) |
| Strongly Disagree | 12.9% (189) |
Staff Survey Results (based on 259 staff responses)
If Paradise Schools moved to an alternative schedule for a 4 day school week, please select the option below that best describes your level of support for this change:
| Strongly Agree | 79.5% (206) |
| Agree | 15.1% (39) |
| Neutral/Unsure | 2.7% (7) |
| Disagree | 1.9% (5) |
| Strongly Disagree | 0.8% (2) |
November 2023 Survey Results
Parent Survey Results (based on 1,208 parent responses)
If Paradise Schools were to switch to a four-day school week during the 2024-2025 academic year, would you still continue to attend?
| Yes | 89.7% (1084) |
| No | 10.3% (124) |
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Start and end times
Monday - Thursday, no school on Fridays
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| Current | 24-25 SY | |
| PHES | 7:45 am - 2:20 pm | 7:45 am - 2:30 pm |
| PHMS | 7:10 am - 2:03 pm | 7:05 am - 2:10 pm |
| PHHS | 7:50 am - 2:40 pm | hours to remain the same |
