Why We Should Not Convert To Year Round School

“What’s your favorite time of year?” “Summer!” This exemplars a common question asked by an adult, and a typical reply from a child. Of course summer’s their favorite time of the year because they have summer break! 10-12 weeks full of sun and fun! What’s not to love? Well, if the year round school people get their way, these kids would become really upset. Year round schooling has become more and more common in the USA. Although many schools still have the traditional summer break, many other schools have started to convert to year round schooling. From difficulty to find appropriate child care, to a detriment to family structure, and a financial toll, schools should not convert to year round schooling.

To begin with, schools should not
According to Jaclyn Zubrzycki, who wrote an article for edweek.org, “Others cite the financial toll involved in switching the calendar. Tourism and other industries that count on summer vacation might suffer. High schoolers might be less able to get summer jobs. And the transition brings added costs to school districts, which have to pay for (and sometimes install) utilities in buildings, stipends for teacher, or other associated expenses.” This leads to the assumption that without summer break, schools don't have enough time to add new facilities or repair facilities. Teachers also will not have enough time to plan their lesson plan or syllabus. The effect of this is, students may end up having to use old facilities, and teachers would rush to plan their lesson plan ahead of time. Not only that but as stated by Jaclyn Zubrzycki other industries may also suffer. To sum up, schools should not convert to year round schooling because it causes a financial
Carol Lloyd, the executive editor of Great Schools says, “Summer learning loss is a major issue for kids. All children - no matter their economic level - experience a slide on math over the summer months.” But undoubtedly, this claim can be challenged because even if year round schooling prevents summer learning loss, the 3 or 2 weeks they have for breaks can also cause learning loss. They will forget the most recent concept they learned, causing their teacher to teach them again. If this happens, then the teacher will have no choice, but to go through the lesson plan again, very slowly. Patricia McCracken also states, “It was really hard to get involved in the work because as soon as you geared up, you had to gear back down again.” Without a doubt, schools should not convert to year round schooling because it’s extremely difficult to find appropriate child care, it causes a detriment to family structure, and it also causes a financial