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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would think if we ALL went to year round then the intercession camps, for one thing. would be much higher quality than what is just now pieced together by individual schools.  This notion of [b]year round school would obviously benefit all students academically, that doesn't seem to be in dispute[/b], and in a city like DC that has widely varied test scores... it would seem to be a no brainer.  Some teachers may not like it, though they'd either adjust or move out.  And families too will have a shift.  And although I wasn't a huge believer of this idea  when my kids were younger and I stayed at home with them, I can now see how transformative this could be for ALL families, low to high income, to put our kids on a level playing field with the rest of the world.  So I am getting behind this idea and I hope others will take a moment to really look at the other side of what we have right now, and what we could have...many many more achieving schools.[/quote]

It's not obvious and it is disputed.  Children who engage in enriching opportunities over the summer don't experience as great an academic loss as children who do not.  Summer camp can be a far more worthwhile life experience than more time in the classroom.

Writin "all" in all-caps doesn't change that.[/quote]

Yes but do you live in ward 3 or 4?  If you don't, think for a moment what life is like for those families who do not have camp opportunities anywhere near like what your kids could attend.   I'm saying if you live in DC you owe it to those families outside your ward to contemplate what their life is like with multiple low paying jobs and no chance for fun summer camps.  Of course your child isn't having the same brain drain as others.  Upper NW Is the exception.  We are a huge city, and unless you look at that critically and understand how stuck those families feel, you aren't really understanding the issues they have with what to do with their kids in the summer.[/quote]

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