Custody schedule

The Alternating weekends plus a midweek overnight schedule

Every other weekend, plus one overnight midweek every week.

71/29

overnight split

night cycle

261

nights a year (parent A)

The rotation

A = one parent, B = the other. Each cell is one overnight. This rotation divides regular school-year overnights 71/29 — about 261 and 104 nights a year.
Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	A	A	B	A	B	B	A
2	A	A	B	A	A	A	A

Who it tends to suit

A weekend parent who wants a real weeknight — dinner, homework, bedtime, school drop-off — not just outings.

The honest trade-off

The single highest-value addition to a standard alternating-weekend schedule: it cuts the longest gap roughly in half and puts the other parent back into the school-night routine, at the cost of one more exchange a week.

Exchanges

Wednesday after school to Thursday at school keeps the parents from having to meet at all.

Also called: EOW plus midweek, every other weekend with Wednesday.

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