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[quote=Anonymous]I shudder every time I hear year round school.  I think kids need a chance to recharge and even get bored.  After a long summer break they're excited to go back to school in a way I don't think you would see after a two week break.  Not to mention some families take extended vacations over the summer together.  Older kids can get a summer job or internship,  but how many openings are there for someone who's  only available for two weeks?  I'm not sure about this area, but my mother-in-law was a teacher and I know she had to take college courses periodically to maintain her certification.

Yes, after a long break you need a week or two to review.  This goes with the adjustment time of adapting to a new class  and lets the new teacher see what level the kids or at.  If you had four different holidays, I would wager that each return day would be spent with hyper kids talking about what they did on break and you would lose time there as well.

While we're talking about summer, I would love to see them stop giving homework over the summer.  Most people, unless they've chosen a high pressure/high reward job, don't have to work on their vacation.  The kids who most need the work are the ones least likely to do it.  Why don't we just accept  that some review will be necessary and get everybody up to speed in the fall.[/quote]

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