YearRound Schooling

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Year-Round Schooling

• GCC 2006
• Norfolk Technical Center Team
• Noah Mericle
• Dherius Robinson

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Year-Round Schooling Success or Failure?

• In Minnesota there are 27 year-round educational
  programs. They are succeeding wherever theyve
  been started.

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Advantages of Year-Round Schooling

• Nine-week sessions and three-week breaks leave
  students refreshed and not stressed out.
• This schedule also means that they require little
  time to review past material and are ready to
  learn new things when they go to school.
• Allows parents to take vacations throughout the
  year, not just in the summer.

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Year-Round Schooling Decreases Need for Buildings
Today 5,785 students are enrolled in yearround
schooling, in California, Arizona, Kentucky,
Texas, and North Carolina, taking the need for
space off of the other schools.
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Regular Year vs. Year-Round Schedule
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Regular Year Schedule

• Features long summer vacation
• Long period of in-session days with first break
  coming at Thanksgiving
• Short winter and spring breaks
• No fall breaks

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Year-Round Schedule

• Reduce summer break and apportion those days
  throughout the school year
• More frequent breaks reduce long periods of
  in-session days
• Well-balanced schedule creates less stress for
  students to handle.

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Long-term Benefits of Year-Round Schooling

• Schools save money because they do not have to
  compensate for a lot of children and space.
• Youth graduate faster and higher in their class,
  due to the lack of stress and pressure.

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Single Track Year-Round Calendar

• Provides a balanced calendar for a more
  continuous period of instruction.
• Does not reduce class size
• Does not allow a school to accommodate more
  students

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Multi-Track Year-Round Calendar

• Used primarily to alleviate overcrowding
• Used to avoid double sections, building new
  schools, and temporary structures.
• Saves on capital construction costs, and on the
  ongoing costs that are part of operating a new
  school.

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Noah K. Mericle
Dherius J. Robinson