<p>My prediction is that if this occurs, crime will go up, teen pregnancies will go up and test scores will go down, including fewer students passing the tests required for graduation.</p>
<p>"Two Pompano Beach High students sat in their Web design class, adjusting images, picking background colors and wondering what Broward County would look like if every public high school went to the four-day schedule they already have.</p>
<p>“That’s a lot of high school students out on Fridays,” junior Khamisha Remikie said of the more than 70,200 teens whose weeks could be Friday-free if the Broward County School Board shuts all district high schools one day a week to save money, as members are considering.</p>
<p>Similar discussions are being held in the halls of the state Capitol as lawmakers look for ways to help districts meet budget shortfalls by allowing county school systems the flexibility to shorten school weeks. But some school officials, including those in Palm Beach County, are leery of the plan, which they say sounds good in theory but could be a logistical nightmare.</p>
<p>The abbreviated schedule works at Pompano Beach High, Florida’s only public high school with a four-day school week.
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