By: Melissa Gaunnac & Casey Fowler Year-Round Schooling By: Melissa Gaunnac & Casey Fowler

What is it? A year round education plan is an attempt to: Improve student achievement Increase building capacity Reduce capital expenses Accommodate special-needs students

Importance More days of each year is spent learning Kids are actively engaged during breaks With peers & with the community Remediation is offered more often

Controversy Is this concept saving money? Are we burning out the kids? What about administration burn-out? Teacher lifestyle changes…

Positive Impact Retain information better Shorter breaks, lose less information Keep kids out of trouble, actively engaged Lower delinquency rates More travel options Low income family assistance Monetary assistance for the schools

Negative Impact Burn-out No long term breaks, poor for vacations Over-lapping tracks for families Teacher lifestyles vs. tracks Loss of summer activites Camp, Scouts, & the YMCA

Is year-round schooling glorified baby-sitting?

Who is benefiting, the student or the school?

Works Cited Shields, Carolyn, et al. "Schools on a Balanced Calendar Make Better Use of Time." Year- Round Schools. Ed. Adriane Ruggiero. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. At Issue. Rpt. from "Making the Most of Time." Educational Leadership 63.8 (May 2006): 72-77. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 30 Nov. 2012. Clark, Charles S. "Year-Round Schooling: A Wrinkle In Time." National Journal (2010). Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 30 Nov. 2012. Mohajer, Kristine Hopkins, Cynthia Opheim, and Robert W. Read, Jr. "Evaluating year- round schools in Texas." Education 116.1 (1995): 115+. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 30 Nov. 2012.