Reply #3: I know. It's the same for teachers in my district. School...

[YvonneCa]

...was out the 18th or so of June, and they go back mid August...a week sooner for the teachers.


As to the school schedule, I think the agrarian model is going to go away, one way or another. It will be a big political 'lift' to convince the traditionalists among us. :)

There is a learning loss that happens when kids are off for a long time. My district actually went to year round (9 weeks on, 3 weeks off) in the early-nineties because of that (and a desire to coordinate schedules with local HS district.)

I LOVED it. Most teachers did...because we didn't get as worn out. Just about the time it seemed you had reached your stress-limit, you would get time off. It was great. It also allowed for vacations at off-peak times. Families liked that too. Actually teaching days did not change...as they are set by state law.


But, the 'powers that be' decided to go back to the traditional year about ten years ago. After NCLB they needed to have a summer school program in place. Now our schedule is a compromise...more or less traditional, except for 3 weeks at Christmas and 2 weeks in the spring. You'd like it. :7

Long term, though, I see kids in school for much more time...more days in the school year and more hours per day. What they do during that time will probably depend upon where they fit to the standards. California is in such a mess that teachers are actually furloughed...so the current 186 days a year isn't even going to get done well. JMHO. We have a LONG way to go to fix education.