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Year-Round
Schooling
By:
Melissa Gaunnac
&
Casey Fowler
What is it?
A year round education plan is an attempt
to:
 Improve student achievement
 Increase building capacity
 Reduce capital expenses
 Accommodate special-needs students
Importance
 More
days of each year is spent learning
 Kids are actively engaged during breaks

With peers & with the community
 Remediation
is offered more often
Controversy
 Is
this concept saving money?
 Are we burning out the kids?
 What about administration burn-out?
 Teacher lifestyle changes…
Positive Impact
 Retain
information better
 Shorter breaks, lose less information
 Keep kids out of trouble, actively engaged
 Lower delinquency rates
 More travel options
 Low income family assistance
 Monetary assistance for the schools
Negative Impact
 Burn-out
 No
long term breaks, poor for vacations
 Over-lapping tracks for families
 Teacher lifestyles vs. tracks
 Loss of summer activites

Camp, Scouts, & the YMCA
Is year-round schooling
glorified baby-sitting?
Who is benefiting, the
student or the school?
Works Cited
Shields, Carolyn, et al. "Schools on a Balanced Calendar Make Better Use of Time." YearRound Schools. Ed. Adriane Ruggiero. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. At
Issue. Rpt. from "Making the Most of Time." Educational Leadership 63.8 (May
2006): 72-77. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 30 Nov. 2012.
Clark, Charles S. "Year-Round Schooling: A Wrinkle In Time." National Journal (2010). Gale
Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 30 Nov. 2012.
Mohajer, Kristine Hopkins, Cynthia Opheim, and Robert W. Read, Jr. "Evaluating yearround schools in Texas." Education 116.1 (1995): 115+. Gale Opposing
Viewpoints In Context. Web. 30 Nov. 2012.