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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree it's too long. I feel like we should have 6 weeks like most of Europe does, and maybe longer/more frequent breaks during the year. [/quote]

This would be perfect. Few weeks of camp, few weeks of travel . . . back to school!

More breaks are good, too. Everyone gets burned out with the grind during the year.[/quote]

I posted above that I like summer. I also would not mind a yearlong school year with longer breaks throughout the year like a month winter break, month spring break and a 6 week summer vacation.[/quote]

This would be heaven. Day cares would adapt if this became the norm. Families could take vacation in months that aren’t sweltering. Typically in America we are doing everything or nothing. There is no balance. Kids would be physically and mentally healthier and there would be less learning loss. But as with the start times no one wants to do anything that is actually good for kids. [/quote]

In reality, daycares can’t and won’t be able to adapt to a year round school schedule. Summer camps struggle to find employees when the summer is 8 weeks, can you imagine every 9 weeks finding employees that work full time for three weeks? It’s a logistical nightmare.

OP. schools don’t have the budgets to go year round, plus there isn’t any research to support year round instruction has any educational benefit. Does it benefit the parents? Perhaps, but ultimately it does nothing for children.

As a side note, there is also an impact on testing, such as AP testing when the schedule is dragged out into the summer, and breaks within the school year are disruptive.[/quote]

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