KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Independence School District superintendent Dr. Dale Herl says the district's move to a four-day school week next school year is a big reason for a surge in applicants to teach in the district.
Herl talked about the increase in applicants in a tweet on Friday morning.
"From October 1 - January 9 of last year, the ISD received 91 applications (certified and classified). During the same time frame this year - 506. 456% increase," Herl said in the tweet. "This is largely due to the passage of the 4DSW."
The new schedule will take effect in the 2023-24 school year.
School board members voted 6-1 in December 2022 to approve the four-day school week before a packed crowd at the district's headquarters building.
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