The document argues that year-round schooling (YRS) provides multiple benefits over the traditional school calendar. YRS breaks up the long summer vacation into shorter breaks throughout the year. This allows students to have continuous learning with less time spent reviewing old material. YRS also helps address overcrowding in schools and provides childcare for parents year-round. While YRS presents some disadvantages like increased costs and less summer employment for students, on balance it creates a better school calendar that prioritizes education over past economic needs.

1. By: Melissa Douglas
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2. *
*Students go to school year
round
*Multiple intermissions given
throughout year

4. *
*The traditional school
calendar was made for
past economic times not
for educational purposes.
The summer break was
made so kids can help
parents out in their farms.

5. *
*Continuous learning
*Fix school problem of overpopulation
*Intermissions offered give multiple benefits
*Parents do not have to pay for daycare
*Gives teachers year-round work

6. *
*Students learn year-round
*Shorter breaks for students so they don't forget
what they learned
*Eliminates “summer learning loss”
*Teachers can spend less time reviewing and more
time teaching new material.

7. * allows for
beneficial breaks throughout the year for students and
teachers
*Helps reduce stress and burnout for students
and teachers
*Allows families to go on vacation throughout
the year that are cheaper
*During intermissions students can come and get
extra help if they are falling behind and need
tutoring

8. *
*Overpopulation within schools can be fixed
with YRS since not all kids are there
*Schools don’t have to spend millions building
new schools
YRS breaks students and teachers into
equal groups, and one group is always on
vacation

9. *
*Parents will have year-round day care for their
kids.
*No longer high payments to day- care
*Schools allow students to go to school during
intermission and supplies them activities.

10. *
*Students lose summer experiences
*Administers can get more stressed out
*Cost on the school district

11. *
*No more summer camp
*No Summer jobs
*No more long summer trips to countries

12. *
*Administers tend to get more stress if they
have no time to have vacation with school
always in session
*Hard for them to take breaks

13. *
*Pay for year-round electricity
*Pay for air-conditioning in summer
*Year-round pay for food for students

14. *
*Although YRS has some disadvantages, it seems
to be the better choice for schools. It is time
for us to use a school calendar that is
beneficial to education and not past economic
times

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