Originally Summer break was scheduled so that kids could help out on the farms.

Should states reconsider how school is schedualed to potentially miss the worst of cold and flu and covid season.

It sucks because I want my kid outside during the summer but times have changed. Kids don't work in the fields anymore and winter illness even before the Covid-19 has caused school closures.


Thoughts?

I've always said I would prefer my kids be in school in August when it's miserably hot and dry and out of school in May when you can still be out enjoying the weather. I wouldn't mind more sporadic breaks either. We love the summer but they both are hunters and we all enjoy doing things outside that sometimes is just too hot during summer.

I actually like the idea of kids being in school more year-round. But, you'd have to get the universities to buy into this. Fall semester for most universities in the south starts in mid-to late-August. Kids start showing up on campus sometimes as early as late July. And most seniors would probably like a decent break between ending high school and starting college.

And you'd probably need some amount of time in the summer to hold summer school for the kids who didn't pass.

crowman2010 said:

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My belief is that school should be a year-round event, but broken up into quarterly segments (Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall), with a week long break halfway through the quarter and a two week break after each quarter.

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When I was in 4th grade they experimented with my class (one class only), with year-round school. The schedule was 9 weeks on, 3 weeks off, etc... for 4 sessions.

I loved it, though because it was only one class those three weeks were pretty boring. And I think the biggest knock was needing childcare for younger kids for 3 week chunks every 9 weeks.

For me it was much better for keeping engaged in school and getting well timed breaks.

crowman2010 said:

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Tmoneyag99 said:

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Originally Summer break was scheduled so that kids could help out on the farms.

Should states reconsider how school is schedualed to potentially miss the worst of cold and flu and covid season.

It sucks because I want my kid outside during the summer but times have changed. Kids don't work in the fields anymore and winter illness even before the Covid-19 has caused school closures.


Thoughts?

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My belief is that school should be a year-round event, but broken up into quarterly segments (Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall), with a week long break halfway through the quarter and a two week break after each quarter.

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F that

eidetic78 said:

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crowman2010 said:

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My belief is that school should be a year-round event, but broken up into quarterly segments (Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall), with a week long break halfway through the quarter and a two week break after each quarter.

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When I was in 4th grade they experimented with my class (one class only), with year-round school. The schedule was 9 weeks on, 3 weeks off, etc... for 4 sessions.

I loved it, though because it was only one class those three weeks were pretty boring. And I think the biggest knock was needing childcare for younger kids for 3 week chunks every 9 weeks.

For me it was much better for keeping engaged in school and getting well timed breaks.

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What's the difference between that and having child care for 12 weeks throughout the year as it is now anyway? There's about 10 weeks off during the summer, 1 for spring break, 1 for thanksgiving, and 2-3 for Christmas...

We went through the terrible year round schooling in Texas in 1994. My 11 year old brother was on a different track than me. So my poor single mom got to deal with kids always being out alone and not together . Then I went to HS and got out of year round while my brother still had another year of it. For single working parents if they can't sync their kids schedules it's stupid.

crowman2010 said:

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eidetic78 said:

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crowman2010 said:

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My belief is that school should be a year-round event, but broken up into quarterly segments (Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall), with a week long break halfway through the quarter and a two week break after each quarter.

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When I was in 4th grade they experimented with my class (one class only), with year-round school. The schedule was 9 weeks on, 3 weeks off, etc... for 4 sessions.

I loved it, though because it was only one class those three weeks were pretty boring. And I think the biggest knock was needing childcare for younger kids for 3 week chunks every 9 weeks.

For me it was much better for keeping engaged in school and getting well timed breaks.

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What's the difference between that and having child care for 12 weeks throughout the year as it is now anyway? There's about 10 weeks off during the summer, 1 for spring break, 1 for thanksgiving, and 2-3 for Christmas...

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In general, it's easier to find child care for 2 months in a row than it is for random 1 or 2 weeks throughout the year. Child care providers like consistency/certainty, and a lot of summer care is provided by college-aged kids home for the summer.

crowman2010 said:

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eidetic78 said:

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crowman2010 said:

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My belief is that school should be a year-round event, but broken up into quarterly segments (Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall), with a week long break halfway through the quarter and a two week break after each quarter.

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When I was in 4th grade they experimented with my class (one class only), with year-round school. The schedule was 9 weeks on, 3 weeks off, etc... for 4 sessions.

I loved it, though because it was only one class those three weeks were pretty boring. And I think the biggest knock was needing childcare for younger kids for 3 week chunks every 9 weeks.

For me it was much better for keeping engaged in school and getting well timed breaks.

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What's the difference between that and having child care for 12 weeks throughout the year as it is now anyway? There's about 10 weeks off during the summer, 1 for spring break, 1 for thanksgiving, and 2-3 for Christmas...

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I don't think it was the total amount of time. I think it was finding a childcare place willing to accommodate part time care for 9 weeks followed by full time care for 3 weeks in cycles. Not saying it wouldn't work, or be better in the end, but that's a concern I remember. Also adoption rate was a concern. Meaning if not everyone moved to that schedule then it would put lots of kids out of school at different times. I was also 9.... so this could be a wildly inaccurate recollection.