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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, they need to experiment with a year-round calendar again because the FCPS of a decade or so ago is not the FCPS of today.  Studies have shown that a year-round calendar is highly effective in preventing knowledge loss (“summer slide”) that contributes heavily to the achievement gap.

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No they don’t. Just because the traditional calendar is inconvenient for you doesn’t mean everyone else should have to suffer. Figure out childcare like everyone else does![/quote]

The traditional calendar is fine for us. The amount of vacation time doesn’t change with year round school, the vacations are spread out differently. So my DS would be going to camp the same number of weeks during year round school as he does with the traditional calendar. There would still be the same number of days off. Parents would be able to have vacations with their kids. They might even end up with vacations that cost less because of the timing.

I like the idea of the intersessions and wonder if those could be adjusted so that only kids with certain grades could attend, so anyone with a 2 or less in elementary school. I would hope that other enrichment activities would be paid for like SACC coverage is or summer camps are.

No one who is intrigued by the idea of year round school thinks it means more days in school because it doesn’t. All it means is a 2 week long spring break instead of a week. And 6 weeks of summer break while adding in another 2 week break sometime. Probably 2 weeks off at the end of each quarter and then a longer summer break. [/quote]

God, you’re insufferable. Get a life![/quote]

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