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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The best and easiest plan of action was for FCPS to temporarily extensively offer summer school  (essentially 11 month teacher contracts). Students who didn't want to or need to attend these schools would not need to but otherwise it would be widely available.

What happened is that summer school was a last minute rush so parents had already made plans like camp, etc. We were told our children could attend summer session a week before the school year ended. We had already spent thousands in camps/daycare, so it was a no for us, but I imagine many parents were in the same boat.

My view is summer school notices and plans should be firms set BEFORE spring break not the week before school ends.
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The staffing for the doesn't exist.

A pony would be more feasible.[/quote]

Actually, FCPS did run various schools on a year round calendar. They cut it for cost saving during the 2008 recession when property tax revenues went in the crapper.

Operationally, this is definitely possible. They would need to pay in alignment with the teacher's actual salary (so based on the experience/education of the teacher instead of a low flat payment). But if they did this and told me to plan for this now, I could easily fully staff a summer program in my school for every student that is struggling or wants summer learning.

I had one week to plan for this last year. Staffing, identifying students, and figuring out schedules. In the middle of SOL remediation and re-takes, end of the year IEP meetings, etc. So, it was a mess.

I've asked for more lead time, but the answer has been stalling from my supervisors.

-Elem. principal.[/quote]

Year round school of the style that people push around here -- small breaks throughout the year instead of a long summer break -- keeps getting tried. Generally the school districts which implement it don't see any gains and eventually wind up back on the traditional three-season school plan because of coordination problems.

The much less popular alternate approach of "year-round school" which adds a huge number of extra school days into the calendar, is very expensive and not popular, but does seem to provide a level of educational gains.

What I would like to see tried is the old New York City system -- year round school, but children start at different places on the calendar, so some students enter in Fall, others Winter, etc. This means that students who needed to be held back could just repeat a quarter,  potentially getting back with their original group by continuing during their "time off".  Less need to redshirt, because summer birthday children simply start school with other summer birthday children. Students who need mild acceleration could just jump ahead by one or two quarters, instead of skipping an entire year.[/quote]

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