Year Round Schooling????? (Cary, Marion: day care, middle schools, camps)

[anjsmom]

I have learned that Cary NC has year round schooling..will this manditory for the entire state eventually???
Year Round Schooling sounds a bit much...kids need to be kids!

[jlrich]

I don't know about other areas of the state but here in Marion there is one year-round elementary school (the rest are on a normal schedule), and there doesn't seem to be many problems with the scheduling. The one here has school for nine weeks and then has a three week break, and it just keeps rotating.

The biggest problem, as I see it, is if the parent(s) work, finding a babysitter/daycare for only three weeks at a time...and every nine weeks. To me, that would seem to be hard to get accomplished each time.

I don't think year-round going to happen statewide any time soon though.

[jeannie216]

Originally Posted by anjsmom

I have learned that Cary NC has year round schooling..will this manditory for the entire state eventually???
Year Round Schooling sounds a bit much...kids need to be kids!

Hi there,

You may want to repost this on the Triangle Area part of the forum instead of general North Carolina. Sure to get plenty of feedback, very controversial subject.

[Desdemona123]

Originally Posted by anjsmom

I have learned that Cary NC has year round schooling..will this manditory for the entire state eventually???
Year Round Schooling sounds a bit much...kids need to be kids!

Kids in year around schooling get the same amount of time off as the tradtional calender ones. It's just spaced out differently. I've never heard a decent arguement on why this doesn't let 'kids be kids'.

Yes, Wake county is moving more and more towards this for elementary and middle schools. Most parents love it. There are plenty of 'track out' camps for the kids that need day care and parents get more flexiblity when planning vacations. Everyone I know with a student on this schedule loves it....both for their child's education and their family life.

I do doubt the whole state will be moving to this schedule though. Mostly districts that have to deal with large numbers moving in go to it to ease over-crowding (though not all do it for that reason). Not all districts need to think about it.

[Desdemona123]

Originally Posted by jlrich

To me, that would seem to be hard to get accomplished each time.

When an area has schools on this schedule, I've seen that businesses start catering to it.

There are loads of options from regular day-cares to 'track out' camps for the kids.

[jlrich]

Originally Posted by Desdemona123

When an area has schools on this schedule, I've seen that businesses start catering to it.

There are loads of options from regular day-cares to 'track out' camps for the kids.

That works as long as everybody works together to help each other out.

[HMSOhio]

How do the teacher's feel about year round schooling?

[jamrasc]

I'm in SC and my kids school did it for 2 years. We absolutely LOVED it, as did the teachers. They went to school for 9 weeks, then had what is called intercession for 2 weeks, during which time your kids could go to school for fun activities or be on vacation. Then everyone had 1 week of vacation. This schedule continued like this until summer break, which was 6 weeks long. Our school said it was too expensive to continue doing it, which I never understood. The kids still only attending school for 180 days a year. It was great, we went to the beach in October when it was still warm enough to get in the ocean and play and no one was there! And we'd do Carowinds and other fun things during the Spring time break and no one else would be there.

As far as parents and daycares, our school has always had an after school program that kids could go to. They even have it now during summer break.

I wish they'd go back to the year round. My kids have been out of school for a month now and have already asked me when can they go back to school!

[hapaleeretired]

My grandson in Wake County had it through 8th grade and he and his parents loved it. It broke up the year. He wasn't bored to death as most kids are by the end of summer. Makes a heck of a lot of sense to me.

[tarheelcoach]

As a teacher, I loved teaching year-round. You don't work any extra days, the breaks are just more spread out through the year. Basically, at the end of every marking period, you get a three week break. Perfect for planning. Also provides a much needed break to re-charge without the big long gaps that the traditional schedule has.