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    A common debate among educators and school board members is the idea of year round schooling. While many think this is best for students education, there are factors that could make it so it doesn't affect their education or it makes matters worse. Most students are great full for their summer break. They schedule family vacations, which are very important, and they are able to keep jobs with little to no conflict in the summer. If that time was to be taken away, that would negatively affect students

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    GALLAHAN, KAILEE E. "Year-Round School: Possibility for Remediation, Retention." State Journal (WV), vol. 33, no. 26, 31 July 2017, p. 18. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5h&AN=124443914&site=ehost-live. Gallahan’s article grants the reader with an article containing the advantages and disadvantages of a year round school. In the beginning of the article Gallahan discusses that year round school is always a debate the moment it is brought up. While the author mentions

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    Did you know many schools attend year round school? In my opinion I think that we shouldn’t have year round school. For instance, if you have a long distance family member, and you ant to visit them, how would you be able to do that? Also how are you going to go on vacation and spend more than a weekend there? You wouldn’t unless your parents were off and they took you out of school. You could also have an activity outside of school that is on the weekdays. What if you had to go and spend overnight

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    Most schools in America have year-round school, because they have never bothered to try anything new or to afraid weather it will improve or harm the current schools GPA. The problem that most schools have is changing the calendar and arranging the times when there out or school: but if they would take the time to edit the calendar they would get all the benefits of having year round school. The one thing that most school administrators think about is the fact that changing the schedule and

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    away from school during the summer causes them to forget what they’ve learned and to suffer a decrease in their academic abilities, so a year-round school year is being suggested. However, summer is crucial to have around because breaks are mandatory to have when you’re constantly learning stressful, new material. Also, overall year to year students still improve with the “summer slump.” So no, the state should not require year-round school. To begin with, students deserve a break. School can be exasperating

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    Have you ever thought about how year-round schooling can be beneficial to students? In today’s society, many school districts have been switching from a standard school year to year-round schooling. Year-round schools follow the basic 180 day school year, but the days are more spread out throughout the year following the 45-15 method. Forty five days of school, followed by fifteen day breaks. Year-round schooling is beneficial to many because it prevents students from gaining unwanted weight and

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    The Traditional School Calendar is Better Than The Year Round School Calendar Some schools in the United States have been switching to a year round school calendar instead of the traditional school calendar. How would children in the USA feel if their school year became year round? The year round schedule dictates schools use a 45-15 schedule in which every 45 days students get a 15 day break including weekends. Unlike the traditional calendar, which includes 60 days of summer break, holidays and

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    traditional school calendar in the year-round education system replaces long summer vacations with several smaller breaks throughout the year (Raisch, 2008). In year-round education policies, the schools are set on a school plan and track system. This maximizes the use of school facilities by dividing the school attendance days into rotating instruction and vacation segments. According to Chittom and Klassen (2014), “The plan determines the number of consecutive days students attend school and also

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    Is the traditional school calendar really the best option for your local school system? Maybe, having a year-round schooling system would be best. Year-round education is when schools operate on a 180 day school calendar with frequent breaks. Year-round calendars also don’t include a long summer vacation(Melissa Kelly, February 21,2017). A traditional school in America has a 10-month school calendar, but, many are switching to the year-round calendar. Some are switching to maintain more consistent

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    WOHOOO… or is it. Schools and districts around the country have been starting to implement year-round schooling for their students after the idea has been in the air of discussion since the 1970s. Year-round schooling is a system when the usual yearly summer break is switched to a series of smaller breaks throughout the year, usually lasting 2-4 weeks before the students return to school. The most used form of year-round schooling is the 45-15 plan, in which students attend school for 45 days then

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