On Tuesday, voters in two Missouri towns approved a four-day school week. Both districts had already been operating on the schedule but required voter approval to continue (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).
When the Independence School District announced it was switching to a four-day week during the 2023-24 school year, it drew questions from local families and statewide officials.
Parents wondered what kind of child care they would have on days without classroom instruction. And lawmakers debated whether the state needed to intervene…