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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I lived in Arizona where we had a modified year round calendar.  It was wildly popular.  There were four quarters a year with two weeks off in between session in the fall, winter and spring, plus a 6 week summer break.  The breaks were great because older kids were between classes so had absolutely no work to do during break, so no studying, projects, etc.  They were completely free. The calendar also didn't have the same wasted 3-4 weeks at the end of the year like we do in Virginia after SOLs, as teachers taught the same content for 4th quarter classes as they did when that class was offered in a different quarter.  Kids also missed less school for family vacations because there were cheaper times to travel built into the school year. There was less of a loss of momentum over a short summer, but still time for kids to go to a few weeks of sleep away camp plus a family vacation.  Sports didn't start until school started, so that didn't cut into the summer at all.

It was great, but a change like that would require the whole region to switch and I don't see that happening.[/quote]

Would love this!  [/quote]

+1. This sounds far better than our current schedule.[/quote]

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