[vvolin]

Not mine, thank you. That's when get to spend time with my family and develop their second culture and language. It would be a real loss for my children not to have their summer off.

[wanderintonc]

I'm not interested in year-round schooling. I have several friends in Raleigh who love it for their families, but I think it would be one more schedule for me to have to remember. Also, many schools here are not air-conditioned, so that would be hard in summer.

[Seattle's Best 28]

Originally Posted by KH02

NAYRE Related Websites

Here is a list of ALL the current YEAR ROUND schools in the USA, not sure if it includes private.
their are NONE in Connecticut.
Why do you think this is as opposed to all the ones listed in other states?

I think it's a great idea and wish in my children's childhood that year round schools would begin.

What do you think? Could this be in our future? Do you think it's a good or bad idea and why?

I think year round schooling would be awful. Our kids need some time for resting and more learning --- much of the learning kids 0-18 go through is OUT of the classroom. If we work them too hard, they'll go on overload. Americans are stressed as it is...

And it's "there", not "their". Sorry I just have a peeve about word usage.

[andthentherewere3]

Originally Posted by Seattle's Best 28

And it's "there", not "their". Sorry I just have a peeve about word usage.

Misspelling their/there/they're is one of my peeves, too. Especially when it's repeated. But now that I've said something I'm sure I'll post a spelling mistake of my own somewhere today.

[Rich Lee]

Originally Posted by Seattle's Best 28

And it's "there", not "their". Sorry I just have a peeve about word usage.

Originally Posted by andthentherewere3

Misspelling their/there/they're is one of my peeves, too. Especially when it's repeated. But now that I've said something I'm sure I'll post a spelling mistake of my own somewhere today.

This has been driving me nuts. Now, if we could work on the other 3rd grade challenges: it's vs. its!

[TouchOfWhimsy]

Some of the schools in Florida are year-round. They still go 180 days, they just spread them out more. In Florida, the schools are all air-conditioned, though. In CT, many are not, so it wouldn't be feasible.

In theory, I like the idea of year-round schooling. That would give the kids more time at home throughout the year, and it would help to prevent the need for two months of review when they went back in the fall. In practice, I don't know how it would work... as it is, families with two working parents have to do some juggling in the summer, so I can only imagine that it would be worse if it's two weeks here, two weeks there.

As a homeschooler, I'd like if school was in session year-round. Then we can have the parks to ourselves in the summer, like we do in the spring and fall. LOL

[seymourct]

Nope. I am not a fan of the idea. I think it is best for children to have the time off to be children.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by Seattle's Best 28

And it's "there", not "their". Sorry I just have a peeve about word usage.

While I agree with your opinion on year round schooling, I just find this comment rude. We all make grammatical errors. This is not a grammar forum.

[lplkemc]

My SD and DD go to school for 180 days a year. They start school in September and go six weeks, have a week off for half term. They go another six or seven weeks and then are off for two at Christmas. Start back to school in January. Six weeks or so of school, and then a week off for half-term. Back for another few weeks until Easter. One school gets 2 weeks off for Easter and the other gets 1 1/2 weeks. Back again for another six weeks. Then it is a week or two off for half-term and whit. They end the school year in July.

Although it seems odd, I think it does make it a bit easier to find childcare if parents are working full time. I grew up in the US and I have had several friends who are teachers say that "year round" school or like what I described would be better because the children do not have to spend as much time going back over what they learned the year before.

[KH02]

I do too. I was typing fast not worrying about errors. I just wanted to get my point across.