When the public schools in Havre moved to a four-day school week this year, the local Boys and Girls Club tried to find creative ways to meet the needs of what they expected to be an influx of students whose families were looking for childcare after school and on Fridays.
Tim Brurud, the program’s executive director, shifted hours to accommodate the longer school days Monday through Thursday and was able to pull together enough staff to open the club from noon to 6 p.m. on Fridays.
But staff at the Boys and Girls Club in Sidney, whose school district moved to a four-day school week a few years ago, advised Brurud to prepare for fewer students than he expected on Fridays — and they were right.
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