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For year round school

Students should be a year round school. With year round school a main feature is the system of track scheduling. What is track scheduling? the system is where children go to school for nine weeks at a stretch and then they take a break. The break lasts for three weeks. It is different from the tradition summer vacation. Most year round schools have a multitrack program. Multitrack means different types of children attend at different times. However students will have vacations at different time, which could be difficult for family members in the same school. even though the vacation schedule may be a difficult situation for a family, the education is great Year round school is useful in many ways. not all student are in school at the same time. This helps schools that are overcrowded. over the summer students can forget a lot of important information. Students have a better opportunity of remembering information shorter breaks. Students who need help can be placed on a schedule so that the teachers can help them. This means that the teacher won't have a highly mixed class. With year round school, there will be an enlargement in enrollment. Which would increase the number of students at the same year round school. **“I would not be opposed to extending the school day or to adding a few days to our calendar,” ** says Suzanne Freeman, the superintendent of Trussville City Schools in Alabama, and a 2009 finalist for American Association of School Administrators Superintendent of the Year.Suzanne Freeman says, "I think the greater issue is how we use our children’s time. On average, American children are in school 1,100 hours per year in the United States, compared to 701 hours in developed nations. We do a lot of things in school that are good, but aren’t related to learning. Multitrack year round school can overcome overcrowding.According to the California Department of Education, three tracks can be a 50% increase, four tracks can be a 33% increase, and five tracks can be a 25% increase of students. This will save money for the district or school because they will not need to invest in new school buildings. Against year round school Year-round school means more wear and tear on the school building, which could mean an increase in maintenance costs. Also there are other costs to consider such as more schools staff, teacher's aides, as well as additional teachers ls on a year round calender are most likely to a be in a worse condition than those who have regular summer vacations .Student's summer vacations will be at different times.Students in high school will not be able to find a summer job because it is virtually impossible. they will only get one month of vacation. Since students can't get summer jobs or internships it will hurt their chances of getting into competitive colleges.

Parents with two children- one following the traditional school year system and the other studying in a year round school, will find it a bit difficult to coordinate their vacations. The student's vacation at a year round school will be a bit difficult for teachers, too. The teachers will have to pack up everything up at the end of the nine weeks, then will have to set up all over again in three weeks. Year round schools will lack school fundings.Ohio State University states, "Year-round Schools Don't Boost Learning, Study Finds." A 2007 study by a sociologist, Paul Von Hippel, from Ohio State University, found that students with year round school schedule don't learn more than students in a regular 9 month calender.Class who are not prepair for summer classes, will be not comfortable because there will not be a air conditioning ﻿. Certain school clubs and groups like sports, cheerleading, band, theatre, could have difficulty in planning and practicing when there are frequent breaks.  Counterargument  People may say that year round schools are bad because some classes aren't ready for summer. They think year round schools are more likely to waste a lot of money ,however, year round school's buildings can be used for more students which is more economical and efficient. There are many good things about year round schools. Like, children retain information better, there is no long period of time between one year ending and another school year starting.Kids don't get bored with a long summer break and they like having breaks to look forward to every few weeks.Children are benefited academically due to the short breaks, as there they don’t have to re-learn the old material after a long summer vacation __. __ 

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