Quote:
Originally Posted by skahar
LOL everything is shorter now that I'm an adult! Time flies. Our school district changed the back to school time until after Labor Day. Thankfully. They were going back the last full week of Aug.
As I said our area has been kicking around the idea for awhile now and I thought it would be a great idea but there is a lot of opposition to it. I'm not sure why.
|
Most people oppose it because they want time to go on vacation. I don't know of any families who are taking month-long vacations. They mistakenly believe that summer vacation is gone, which is not true. At our school, they not only go year-round, but they have a "track" calender, so there are 3 different school year calendars going on. Our track gets all of June off. Another gets July and the other gets August. All the kids go to school for 2 months, then get a month off. They still get the same amount of time, but for some parents, they really want their kids to get a traditional summer break. I'm not really sure why. Perhaps those whose parents are divorced and one parent gets summer vacation time? Plus, I remember being a kid and chomping at the bit by the time summer was over to get back to school. We only have to fill up 4 weeks and the time flies!
The year round calendar also only applies to elementary schools in our area. The middle and high schools go on a traditional calendar. I think that's okay because junior high is when true "summer camps" take place and I'd like for my kid to enjoy those.