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Keep those little ankle biters in classes

I agree with Kitten but the thing is with a 2-3nmonth break lots of us students forget what we've learned and do poorly in the class/ the teacher has to re-teach it

As a student, I prefer the traditional system because gives me a sense of closure after a school year. it feels like each grade is a new chapter.

@bugdoodle, Rey will still have summer breaks. Just a shorter one. But, it's better because they will get short breaks all throughout the year instead of 3 months smack Dan in the middle.

Children need to have a childhood. This includes real summer breaks.

I'm still in school myself and I'd rather have more frequent breaks because I tend to forget most of
The material and have to spend a lot of time reviewing before actually learning the new stuff I like summer but it's not like u get all summer off working unless ur a teacher

LOOK AT THE AGE SECTION. The young ones are the ones who know best, they are in it.

People who say "If it ain't broke don't fix it" tick me off. We should always try to make things better. Why stop if it merely works, if you call it that? Look at the benifetts of both systems. If everyone had your attitude we would never have more efficient cars, computers, ect

Year round is better. How can tradition have any benifetts?

@Booknerd you don't think they are going to forget during the month off every three months. My son went to year round school for a couple of years. They learn, then take a break, then review, this happens three times a year, instead of just once a year.

I like the one with more school time! I don't think we need such a long break from school because then we start to forget stuff

I also think that unions have no place in our teachers occupation, sorry but work rules actually kill the gift that great life changing teachers bring to the kids.

I think the real difference in education will only come when parents actualy participate in their kids lives. Todays school are looked at by many as a great day care center, but god forbid little Billy misbehaves!

Summer is some of my best childhood memories

And students do better when they are from families that don't have the time or money to essentially give them year round schooling through extracurricular activities.

It has nothing to do with boredom and everything to do with retention.

The traditional schedule worked for years. why not keep it going!

It's so sad that kids are so easily bored with free time these days. As a kid I spent every second outdoors without an ounce of boredom.

@itabliss because it completely and totally the fault of the schedule, right.....

As a 16 year old, I wish I had year round school. I get so bored after being home for about a week. And I get so stressed and tired after being in school for about a month. If we had like a month of school then a short break, I think that would be good.

Most school systems can't afford it.

IF IT AIN'T BROKE DONT FIX IT!!
(coming from a 13 year old that has skipped 2 grades).

Both frequent 90 day vacations

all you traditional voters are why our school system is failing our children and other countries are consistently beating us in every subject.

all you traditional voters are why our school system is failing our children and other countries are consistently beating us in every subject.

I am an educator AND involved parent. YR wld be better for those who aren't in agri. areas. Kids DO forget too much and DO get stressed-exactly why evenly distributed breaks sound sweet. Switching to YR wld require a lot of other changes, but those cld be made without the universe imploding.

we need a summer so the kids can help work the ranch

80% in my grade. People can be smarter for a number of reasons, not because they have year round school.

@swa Public schools here have schools with a long summer break, traditional style, and I was in advanced classes my entire life. What data do you have to prove that students do better in year-round schools than traditional? My evidence is that I actually take advanced classes and so does the other

I wish I could have gone through year round school, but around here the summers get blazing, sticky hot and most of the schools don't have air conditioning. It makes it miserable for both the students and teachers.

It seems as though people are confused as to what year-round schooling actually is.

But statistics show less of a dropout rate for year round schools and think about it the faster u go get it done the faster it's over it would not actually be 13 years it's only 13 years because we get 3 months off at a time plus breaks

Special needs kids should be offers it because most of them have a hard Tim with routine n once it's broken it's awful to reinstate

Year round school was done by the private schools around my public school in NJ and those kids were ahead in every subject in every grade AND they got to enjoy breaks throughout the year while we were relearning what we forgot over the summer we wasted.

I loved summer as a kid. Why would I take that away from my children? Let them be kids...it's not all about education after all...

Wouldn't that mean 13 years of non stop school. I know there are small breaks but usually even those involve work. Without summer kids would get really tired of school and may lose interest eventually

How can you work a summer job in high school if there is no summer?

traditional all the way baby!

year round the breaks go by soo fast it feels like you don't even get a break. I much prefer traditional

4-6 weeks summer break are enough including a nice summer vacation with the family.
I'd much prefer some pit stops 1-3 weeks around Easter, Christmas and such. The total number of off days need not be reduced.
Just like I prefer to work 4 days 10 hrs with a Wednesday break.

My girls went to year round school until this year when the district got rid of the option. We all loved it, we got to take fly a-way vacations in February when the cost was down and camp or go to drive-ins in August.
This year has been really long, they feel burned out without the Feb. & May break

Everyone needs summer, my year would suck without it. Also, I have a job in the summer that I would not be able to have as well as school.

What kind of kid would choose year round because they get "bored" in august. Then again year round would likely raise GPA.

@Liveforfree why do you have this app then and why are responding to the blogs then if it bothers you so much?

I teach in year round and taught in a traditional school for years before. I love year round and so does my son. Go nine weeks and take a small break? Yeah it's nice. He still does camp and we get to go to places like Disney in sept. when everyone else is in school.

Why do we feel the need to change and debate everything. This country is paralyzed by lack of decisiveness. We need to focus on real problems. Decentralize and let decision stay local to those that care about it.

Summer is a part of growing up.
But Arizona schools lacked good education and test results in the late 90's early 2000's so now it's year round to keep the kids involved...lame.

@justakid97: You have a point, but doesn't that make room for the new stuff?

If you give kids several months without learning they will forget things

@racedogg: find a caretaker? how about downsize, tighten their belts, make an effort to live with one car... off one income, and encourage a model where there is a parent at home to raise their own children.