In reality, students in most American year-round school districts spend the same amount of days in class as students in traditional calendar schools – the days are just arranged differently, with smaller, more frequent breaks throughout the year. The summer break is perhaps only a month, instead of two or three.

Reasons to switch schedules

If year-round school does not mean that students are in class more days, why do some education officials believe that students will perform better by simply changing the scheduling?

One idea is that students and teachers, refreshed by more frequent breaks, will not get burnt-out as easily. Some teachers also complain that on traditional schedules, too much time is spent reviewing in the fall, after many students have forgotten what they learned the previous year. Many immigrant children fall behind because they are not exposed to English during the long summer breaks.”

More on traditional vs. year-round schedules as well as the rest of the article here:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/july-dec01/year-round.html

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Pros and Cons:

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how many classes depends on what grade.

I think year around is great as a parent i can go to work and know where my child is for ayear.

year around is a school that isnt just a semester for something like 6 months its an actual year.

All kids that go to a private of a public school are prepared for college it depends on the kid if they do well in there courses.

Im not sure about breaks because theres all the holiday including laborday and theres parent teacher conference so through out a year theres lots of breaks