Year Round School
Do I agree or disagree with the idea of year round school? Well, year round school is the practice of having students attend school without a traditional summer vacation. Year round school is usually a schedule that lasts from six to eight weeks in a row followed by a two to four week break. Instruction time is still one hundred and eighty days out of the year. I disagree with year round school because I suppose it negatively affects students, parents, and teachers in many ways.
To begin with, I agree that year round school negatively affects students for many different reasons. One reason being that year round school doesn't allow a summer vacation to be as long as a traditional summer vacation. A traditional summer vacation is roughly three months, while a year round summer vacation is minimized to only one month. So, students won’t be getting as long of a vacation to enjoy their summer and relax. Also, another key point is that going to school so many months out of the year can severely cause students to miss valuable time with family and friends. Finally my last reason is because it can cause students to feel overwhelmed and
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One reason I assume this to be true is because during the summer months the average temperature can be very unpleasant. These temperatures can be dangerous for students who ride school buses. A parent who has a bus child can become very stressed if they’re constantly worrying about their child's safety. Another thing is that parents will have to continue to buy anything their child needs that’s school wise. Last but not least, parents who have to pick up their child from the car rider line will have to make extra trips more consistently throughout the year. This can cause parents to have to buy gas way more often. These are my reasons why I suppose this type of school schedule affects parents