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Let's take it a bit further, Lebell,
My niece (7 years old) only goes to school from Tuesday to Friday. I *think* my sister-in-law can pay extra for the "extra" day of instruction. The schools were already having trouble, imagine her state of education once she graduates with this approx. year less of instruction (cumulative days off each week, haven't bothered to calculate it).
The better teachers (and graduates) are recruited to other states--a situation called a "brain drain."
Many local communities are closing primary schools.
In Ashland, the community made a choice to close a primary school, not rebuild a middle school, and send the middle schoolers to high school on shifting schedules.
At SOU last year, we had a 5% cut across the board--that's every department. Students had to print their own syllabus (I know it's seems minor, but that's how barebones the cuts are going). That is, we've been making things "lean" for the past decade. In the words of one professor, There ain't no more to cut, bub!
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