Three-day weekends for all: Deep budget cuts are causing more school systems to look at four-day school weeks, the Los Angeles Times reports. While some rural districts have operated four-day school weeks for decades, large metro areas are now looking at the practice, including the Broward County (Fla.) district, the country’s fifth-largest school system. About 100 of the 15,000 school districts in the United States have four-day weeks, but the practice is legal in 18 states. Bills have been introduced in six more states to allow a short week. Read the story here.
Milestone location: dELiA’s, which sells clothes for girls ages 12 to 19, has opened a store in the Mall of Louisiana, its first location in the state. This is the 100th location for dELiA’s, which sells casual clothes with most items priced below $50.
