The Changing School Calendar

Why should we change something that doesn 't need to be changed? I don’t understand the point of changing something that works perfectly fine! That’s the way I feel about the school district changing the calendar. It has a sufficient balance of school and breaks. If we were to change the calendar, it would decrease our break period. Why should we change our calendar? Right now it gives an acceptable amount of time for people to relax during break. “Relaxing during summer break is important because it allows students to recharge for the fall quarter... A summer break also helps relieve some of the pressure experienced during the academic year. Students not pressured by midterms, term papers and final exams are more free to explore personal

Why come back from it early? It puts stress on the students. Making them stop their relaxation and forcing them to go back into the stress of school. "Increasing summer school may be a good educational policy for raising standardized test scores," he writes, "but is it good social policy to tamper with the season during which many families and friends forge their most enduring bonds and memories?

Just ask the students. Without summer, they might go insane.” Article by ic.galegroup.com. The summer is a time where students forget their worries of school, grades, and homework. But changing the calendar and having school start in august would throw students back into the stress earlier than in September. Why change the schedule if it doesn 't help? “Year round schooling has been tried several times in the last few decades in the U.S., such as efforts in Texas in the 1990s (peaking at about 400 year-round schools) and California in the 1980s (peaking at well over 500 schools on this type of schedule). The results were underwhelming. Test scores did not improve, attendance problems were an issue at times (with families still taking vacations, but now with students taking off school at random times), and teachers themselves were burning out (at a faster rate than normal) with little spare time to pursue required continuing education.” Article by todayifoundout.com. The excerpt

“In fact, a recent study found the primary cause of children 's stress, according to parents, was related to homework and schoolwork. Of more than 400 parents surveyed, 53% cited homework and schoolwork as the driver of the most stress for their kids.” Article by CNN Senior co-captain of a varsity soccer team Edgar Rodriguez states, “ Most schools don’t start until the end of August, so they have at least two more weeks to train before the next season...I think it’s just unfair because now we have to put in the double the work in half the time.” Article by nileswestnews.org. If we were to change the calendar it would give some teams an unfair advantage in preparation for sporting events. As some teams could practice before the school year began, and not have to balance school work on top of that, while our team