Extended Day RIP

Today's Sun reports that the state funded extended day program that would have lengthened the day at five Lowell schools next year (at the Commonwealth's expense) is dead. It's dead because the school department and the teachers' union could not reach an agreement on how it was to be implemented. In a time of tight budgets and near flat line MCAS scores, missing this opportunity to improve student learning borders on the tragic. Once again, it's all about the adults and not about the kids.