School has traditionally always had summer vacation, it has had summer vacation since the late 1800s, thought to be for agrarian reason has now been debunked for years, and yet nothing has changed. Not only has the agrarian excuse been debunked, but it proves how outdated the idea of a summer vacation is, and has been a struggling time for struggling families. To help academically and economically the school day should be shortened, but the academic year should be extended to year round schooling to make up for the time that is lost in doing nothing.
The real reason why summer vacation exists, although true that in the agrarian calendar there would be a time for work in the summer, most of it was during spring. Schools in“New York city schools …show more content…
Families that rely on the school meal programs don’t have convenient access to these programs, “only 40% of low-income families report being aware of locations for free summer meals and only 17% report their children having received meals” ("Summer Meals: Summer Meals Survey of Parents.").More than 30 million children in low income households rely on the free or reduced-price school meal program for their nutritional needs, but when the school year ends their lives can be thrown into disarray, however with the consistency of year round schooling, can help struggling homes keep their children fed more throughout the year rather than with schools with summer vacation. Previously said one in six families who need school lunch programs don’t receive it. From a parent struggling Jean C, of Scranton, Pennsylvania “ I usually do, in the summertime, go without eating” she goes on to how her kids will notice her not eating, an instance with her oldest child of 10 years old started to pick up on what was happening last summer “he would get so upset and say well if you’re not eating, I’m not gonna eat because that’s not fair” (Pyke Alan). Summer can be put to better use in year round schooling. According to the New York Times in New York, kids end up spending their summers in school anyway “ in New York, around 34,000 third [through] eighth graders are required to take summer
The real reason why summer vacation exists, although true that in the agrarian calendar there would be a time for work in the summer, most of it was during spring. Schools in“New York city schools …show more content…
Families that rely on the school meal programs don’t have convenient access to these programs, “only 40% of low-income families report being aware of locations for free summer meals and only 17% report their children having received meals” ("Summer Meals: Summer Meals Survey of Parents.").More than 30 million children in low income households rely on the free or reduced-price school meal program for their nutritional needs, but when the school year ends their lives can be thrown into disarray, however with the consistency of year round schooling, can help struggling homes keep their children fed more throughout the year rather than with schools with summer vacation. Previously said one in six families who need school lunch programs don’t receive it. From a parent struggling Jean C, of Scranton, Pennsylvania “ I usually do, in the summertime, go without eating” she goes on to how her kids will notice her not eating, an instance with her oldest child of 10 years old started to pick up on what was happening last summer “he would get so upset and say well if you’re not eating, I’m not gonna eat because that’s not fair” (Pyke Alan). Summer can be put to better use in year round schooling. According to the New York Times in New York, kids end up spending their summers in school anyway “ in New York, around 34,000 third [through] eighth graders are required to take summer