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School districts consider 4-day school week to save money

Published March 3, 2015 6:57am MST

Apache Junction Unified School District is considering moving to four day school weeks to save money.

Several other districts are also considering four-day weeks, however, Coolidge Unified School District has already signed on.

They'll begin the new schedule for the 2015-2016 school year.