I would love actual year round school (especially if other states don't have it) so you can travel at off peak times and be off when it's not ungodly hot and humid. I'd much rather have more frequent but shorter breaks.

But I don't think this is moving the state to permanent year round school. I think this is a temporary, extra school days move to make up for the last year of lost schooling. I would guess it won't be mandatory for all, and that it will only be for this year and next year.

sure if there are weeks off during the year. better for travel.

This is PP. Oh, it’s not more days of school? That doesn’t really solve any childcare issues, then. And I don’t see how it helps the kids catch up on what they’ve missed if it’s the same number of days of instruction, just spread out a bit.

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Anonymous wrote:Year round schooling is an ideal option. There are logistics such as classrooms and schooling, but the biggest roadblock is parents still living their childhood unable to fathom something different than what they experienced. Year round schooling is enormously popular where it has been implemented.

It would be costly but it would solve a lot of problems (summer skills loss, childcare for working families, behavioral problems for kids who get out of the routine of school over the summer and have a lot of trouble adjusting in the fall, hunger).

it isn’t more costly! Y’all do not know what year round means. It doesn’t mean you go all 53 weeks. Look it up, seriously

Anonymous wrote:Year round schooling is an ideal option. There are logistics such as classrooms and schooling, but the biggest roadblock is parents still living their childhood unable to fathom something different than what they experienced. Year round schooling is enormously popular where it has been implemented.

There’s really no extra logistics. It’s not extra days or even longer days. It just removes some of summer to spread our breaks during the year in smaller chunks. For parents if means rather than paying for 8 weeks of camp in summer you might pay for 3-4 two week break camps during the school year.

Anonymous wrote:Year round schooling is an ideal option. There are logistics such as classrooms and schooling, but the biggest roadblock is parents still living their childhood unable to fathom something different than what they experienced. Year round schooling is enormously popular where it has been implemented.

It would be costly but it would solve a lot of problems (summer skills loss, childcare for working families, behavioral problems for kids who get out of the routine of school over the summer and have a lot of trouble adjusting in the fall, hunger).

It’s a better schedule. It’s not more school (it’s still 180 days) it’s just that the breaks are spread out more so you don’t get one long 8 week summer break with summer slide. It’s more like 2 weeks between quarters and a 5-6 week summer. I support it. Kids get to refresh between quarters and we wouldn’t waste September reinstituting norms and whatnot to get them used to school again. And honestly we know we are all bored and antsy those last couple weeks of summer. It’s too long.

-teacher

Anonymous wrote:It worth trying for the next few years to try and remediate the loss of 1.5 years of school. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

This is not to build in more time to catch up or deliver mediation, this is just a full year schedule so the breaks would be built into other times of the year.

Year round schooling is an ideal option. There are logistics such as classrooms and schooling, but the biggest roadblock is parents still living their childhood unable to fathom something different than what they experienced. Year round schooling is enormously popular where it has been implemented.

Anonymous wrote:Do the schools here have a/c?

Yes.

Anonymous wrote:No I want summer.

There are still bound to be several three week long breaks and such.

Do the schools here have a/c?

It worth trying for the next few years to try and remediate the loss of 1.5 years of school. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

No I want summer.

The governor of VA. Considering year around schools for
Next year. Thoughts?
https://www.nbc12.com/2021/01/07/governor-northam-considering-year-round-schooling-virginia-students/?outputType=amp