Year-round school is worth consideration

How fun does school all year round sound? Not fun at all, though it does have its pros and cons. For one it’s proven to have helped improve students learning, and achievement scores. On the other, it’s a new system that each new family will have to adapt to. This meaning that prior trip arrangements would have to be rescheduled, day care would have to be sought out, and small other factors would have to be moulded according to the new system. Now, please bear with me, as we continue to further discuss the pros and cons of the seemingly dreadful year-round school system.

During the farm economy, school children had to help out with their families farms; this explains the reason for why we have summers off. Now that we live in a more modern society, filled with urbanized cities throughout the world, summers off for school aren't a necessity. A lot of students love the idea of 2 months off school for the hottest season of the year: summer.  Unfortunately, a change to the regular school system could be upsetting to most, and also cause an uproar for those who have already made prior arrangements for the upcoming breaks.

The bright side to this new setting in our learning curricular is that it has proven to help improve a student’s achievement scores. Thankfully, even though the school-year round calendar has changed, we will still only have 194 days of school (like always). Also, we’ll be able to have less pressure on job opportunities and applying to university, because different high school will end at different times. This will lead to graduates applying at different times, allowing for less competition. As well as what’s stated in the article, this year-round school year calendar is supposed to relieve classroom shortages, and makes the school year more interesting for students.

Another point made from the article is that families aren’t as wealthy as before to afford summer cottages and trips. These vacations are also spread throughout the school year anyway. A downside to this year-round system is that the summer school programs would have to be altered to fit in with the new school year. As the article says, it suggests that transportation for these remedial programs would be of easer access throughout the school year. This transportation theory doesn’t hold true, because transportation systems would be the exact same throughout the summer.

In conclusion, I don’t believe the year-round school calendar system is a better alternative to the system we have now. I definitely believe it’s worth a try since it’s received some positive reviews from the U.S. I don’t think a lot of students would be willing to switch over to a different system after having the same one growing up. A few more trial tests should be conducted before pushing this new system onto most or all high schools though.