My answer is, ““ye ”” The idea of year-round schooling goes back to the seventeenth century.It is actually two hundred years older that the traditional school year. The oldest year roundschool today is only thirty years old. This means that all other schools once opted or the ninemonth calendar. I think back to my own Summer vacations. The first two weeks were alwaysspent winding down from the long school year. Then we began to venture out and embark on newadventures. I can remember long bike rides and mapping out new spots to explore, ea day gettingfarther in to some sort of quest. Sleepovers every other day at each other’’s house with my nextdoor neighbor. When I was a child we stayed with my father in Chicago for six weeks of theSummer. That was an experience I would never relin ish. Over the Summer my family tookvacations. We went canoeing in the boundary waters of Canada and drove cross country on awhim without the anticipation of getting ready for school. School plays the role of teachingchildren how to learn. Summer break is a chance to apply what they have learned and enrich theirlives with personal experience. Switching to a year round education plan will be detrimental toour children’’s problem s ving skills, creativity, and happiness. Overall, I believe that there are toomany downfalls and not enough benefits to switching to year round education. Turning to yearround education as a solution to over crowding in schools would only be a temporary solution. Ayear round education wo d put too much stress on our children, families, faculty, and community.We should learn from the past and leave the traditional school year in tact. Word Count: 1301 ...
