Submitted by Jill L. Grosman (not verified) on February 21, 2008 - 8:57am.
I am totally in favor of all schools being year round. It seems as if we have forgotten that the three month summer vacation was started when we were an agrarian society and the children were needed to work in the fields during the summer. I don't see my neighborhood children picking beans and corn and helping with any crops!
We have an opportunity to make the school year more fluid and intellectually beneficial by having several smaller breaks to refresh and revitalize rather then one large break where children forget and need to review each fall just to get back where they were in June.
Our children in the US need more time in school, not less, and more time working on the sciences and math if were are to compete effectively in this global economy.
My husband suggests that we have a tax levied on any family that wants to stay in a traditional school since these are schools that are not being used up to their full potential. I think this would probably solve the traditional versus year round issue very quickly. However, an understanding of how schools got on this calendar orignally and why it is no longer necessary should be reason enough to change.
Year Round Schools
I am totally in favor of all schools being year round. It seems as if we have forgotten that the three month summer vacation was started when we were an agrarian society and the children were needed to work in the fields during the summer. I don't see my neighborhood children picking beans and corn and helping with any crops!
We have an opportunity to make the school year more fluid and intellectually beneficial by having several smaller breaks to refresh and revitalize rather then one large break where children forget and need to review each fall just to get back where they were in June.
Our children in the US need more time in school, not less, and more time working on the sciences and math if were are to compete effectively in this global economy.
My husband suggests that we have a tax levied on any family that wants to stay in a traditional school since these are schools that are not being used up to their full potential. I think this would probably solve the traditional versus year round issue very quickly. However, an understanding of how schools got on this calendar orignally and why it is no longer necessary should be reason enough to change.