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Four-day school week: Could it increase teen pregnancy? | Get Schooled

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Four-day school week: Could it increase teen pregnancy?

In poor rural counties, there is not much for teens to do with an extra day off, a fact that worries health officials. (AP Image)In poor rural counties, there is not much for teens to do with an extra day off, a fact that worries health officials. (AP Image)
A big question about four-day school weeks — a budget solution that several Georgia systems adopted to cut