(Eldon, IA) — A southeast Iowa school board has approved a shift to a four-day school week, starting in August. The superintendent of the Cardinal Community School District in Eldon, Joel Pedersen says he understands some families are apprehensive about the adjusted schedule, but school staff were surveyed, and 95 percent support the move to four-day weeks. Cardinal will be the fourth school district in Iowa to have a four-day school week when the 2022-23 school year begins. WACO, Mormon Trail, and Moulten-Udell are the other three.
Cardinal Community Schools Going to Four Day Week
Feb 23, 2022 | 6:50 AM
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