Schools becoming year-round is something many schools consider. Many year-round schools are helping kids reach more academic achievement. A 2019 year-round school scheduling analysis was put out by PubMed Central (PMC). " Students may lose knowledge and skills achieved in the school year during the summer break"(PMC). This is true because there have been many studies and research put out. Many low-incom4e students are likely to forget what they have learned in the previous school years, not just low-income even middle-income students. Year-round school helps overcome that problem by maintaining academic progress over the year. Many families put their kids in year-round schools because of other benefits, such as saving money, school facilities, and staff resources. They have smaller class sizes and close to no overcrowding so the school can provide more personalized attention to students. They have been proven to decrease school absences among students and teachers. Because teachers have to be on the school campus year-round students that are struggling can have easier access to tutoring and support.
Those were the benefits of having the year-round school schedule and what they offer. But to having pros there are cons. One of the main ones pertains to family vacations because most families often plan trips around the traditional school schedule. Extracurricular activities, sports, and programs over the summer also correlate with established school schedules. Having year-round would limit the activities a student could participate in. Because of no summer break students and teachers might likely burn out. Because a long summer break might impact their well-being, some students need more time to "recharge" and time for family and friends or maybe just to themselves. Increased operational costs are also a challenge. Like regular schools, schools may face higher costs for maintenance, utilities, and staffing since the entire building is used year-round. With this teachers may have less time to prepare a curriculum for the school year. Additionally, schools may have less time for repairs and renovations done to the school, which is because most schools go into renovations and repairs during summer break. With these potential problems, it would complicate the transition to a year-round schedule. So it presents a significant amount of challenges that need to be considered.
My opinion on year-round school is we shouldn't have it, even if it comes to considering it. I like our traditional school schedule and how we have a summer break. Taking in the benefits of the standard school schedule it opens up more time to spend time with families and have vacations. It aligns with our sports and extracurricular activities. Yes, students are bound to forget some parts of learning from the year before, but with the help of teachers. We have it so they can help us with the subject and reteach some of the material. But if we were to have school year-round the teachers would be drained out from constantly teaching. This is the point of having a summer break to provide teachers and students with time to rest or recharge. We (students) don't want to be drowned in schoolwork. We need to leave it how it is so students aren't overwhelmed with how much information and learning they do. I wouldn't have a problem if it is like changing the hours we study, but if it were to change it so we have year-round school. I say it would be a bad idea. There are things I haven't mentioned, like how it could help us. But even with the information I haven't said, I don't think it would convince me to say we should have year-round school.
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1.) What do you think about year-round school?
2.) Would you prefer the year-round or traditional school schedule?
3.) How would year-round school affect you?
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I don't think we should have school all year around. I can see why people think it is a good idea because many students forget what they learned the previous year since the summer is usually 3 months. I don't think school all year around is a good idea because if students don't have breaks then they can feel overwhelmed. It can also make students feel very tired when there are no breaks.
Would you prefer the year round or traditional school schedule? I prefer the traditional school schedule with a 3 month long summer break due to various reasons. The main reason being that students would get super tired after being in school for multiple years without a decent break. However other reasons such as it costing much more and teachers not having time to prepare curriculum also play a role.
What do you think about year-round school? I think i wouldn't enjoy it Would you prefer the year-round or traditional school schedule? traitional How would year-round school affect you? I would hvae less time for vecation and less times for friends in the summer
What do you think about year-round school? I think that it is a bad idea because many kids already hate school like me hate school. So if they have to be there longer then they will like it less. If I would pay no attention due to me always being tired of school.
What do you think about year-round school? I think that kids need a break from school, that's why I think we school off in the summer. Also, kids would get tired of going to school and it would be hard to keep them engaged. I think we should keep school as it is.
No, I don't think that school should be year round. Summer is the one time kids can get a break to enjoy besides 2 day weekends. I think that kids could get overwhelmed if their life was consumed by school even more. Even school know stresses kids out so year round would be too much and might cause people to drop out more.
What do you think about year-round school? I thiink that it is a bad idea because many kids already hate school and so if they have to be there longer then they will like it less, which means they wouldn't learn as much because they don't pay attention.
No, I do not think school should be year round. Summer gives kids a chance to have a break and explore their interests outside of school. I also do not think we need to make a change in the school schedule we have now as it has proven it works well.
One major issue that this poses is the impact that would have on societies in urban areas and suburbs. It's entirely plausible that year round school could work in a city where people work the same amount day after day for years, with no effects from nature. In rural and agricultural areas, the work cycle is different between harvest seasons and crop rotations. My question would be if there is a way to combine the two to meet the curriculum standards posed by the government?
I think that year round school should be experienced at least once for some people just to see how they like it. You never know what you like before you try it. You might like it even more than you expected! it wouldn't have any negative effects on me.
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