Three-day weekends are the new reality for students in nearly half of Colorado's school districts. Tight budgets have led to shorter school weeks, and hourly staff having their hours cut. But there's some evidence it hasn't hurt student performance. Then, the late Colorado author Kent Haruf didn't live to see it, but Robert Redford and Jane Fonda are playing characters he created. His last book, "Our Souls At Night," is now a movie.
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