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    Schools across the country are switching to a year-round schedule. Little do they know many others are switching back to the traditional school calendar. Whether it's the parents, kids, or the teacher, change isn't easy on anyone. Many simply think of it as more school and no breaks but it's kind of the exact opposite. Year-round school is simply the same number of days off just in between and throughout the year. Ultimately switching to a year-round schedule would cause a rise in costs, and greatly

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    One of the most documented reasons for switching to a year round school is what’s known as the “summer slide.” Students leave spring semester after taking their exams and don’t think about school for almost 12 weeks. These students then come back in the fall not only failing at subjects they knew three months prior, but in dire need of having the foundations re taught to them. This forces teachers to spend valuable class time re-teaching lessons, which dips into class time that should be used for

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    May, almost June, and the whole school is ready for summer vacation. The nice weather, the pool, and everything else good about summer. But the school recently switched to a year round schedule. Summer vacation isn’t for another two months, and it is only about twenty days long. The students don’t have time after school to go to the pool or do fun summer things, because they will be in school five days a week, like a normal school week. This is what many schools around the country are doing.

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    WOHOOO… or is it. Schools and districts around the country have been starting to implement year-round schooling for their students after the idea has been in the air of discussion since the 1970s. Year-round schooling is a system when the usual yearly summer break is switched to a series of smaller breaks throughout the year, usually lasting 2-4 weeks before the students return to school. The most used form of year-round schooling is the 45-15 plan, in which students attend school for 45 days then

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    through the school year is summer break. This is a time where our lives can be stress free for a couple months and we can have fun whether it’s going to summer camp or going to the beach. Knowing that we get a break from all the homework and grades is really comforting during the school year when the work is overwhelming. This is not something that students who go to year round schools experience. Instead, what year-round schooling offers are smaller, more spread out breaks throughout the year. Personally

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    Schools should be year-round since the academic achievement is higher in students and the schedule is easier to remember. Do year round schools have a better effect on teachers students and parents than traditional schools? Year round schooling inspires significant reactions like non-student burnouts, and no problem’s on forgetting since it is a short break. Transitional schools today have lots of kids forgetting important learning skills when coming back from vacations. Schools should be year-round

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    people believe year-round schools is a good idea for students, there are those who believe it’s a bad idea and schools should stay the way it is. Some may say no year-round schools would be better because students can experience more outside during the summer instead of having three - four weeks of summer off and spend more time with family. Although Having year-round schools have many benefits for students actually , giving students the education they need, less drop outs, and more vacation time

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    Year-Round School System

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    Because of these, school systems are seen to be important in our society. There have been suggestions to change the current education system to a year-round school system. It means that the learners will have at most one-month vacation instead of the two to three months’ vacation that is provided by the current system. A year-round schooling system is a bad idea because of the pedagogical or educational reasons, economic reasons, and the social reasons. Having a year-round school system will cost

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    and taking it easy. There shouldn’t be year-round school because breaks are for both students and teachers, one could spend more time with friends and family and one can be refreshed when school starts next year. The summer break should stay the same because the break is for both students and teachers. After a year of teaching, some teachers feel the need to have a summer break to get away from their students. Some students are stressed throughout the year that summer vacation is a time to unwind

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    strongly agree with the idea of having a year round school year, because of the many benefits that parents, students and teachers all receive. Some main reasons why I think this are that summer vacation is much too long, many other countries use these types of school years and schools aren't even using the original purpose of summer vacation anymore. Firstly, summer vacation is way too long, and we should instead have vacation time spread throughout the year. One reason why we should do this is because

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