Year Round Schooling In the last decade especially there has been a push to make school year round. There are numerous people that say it would be better to have year round schooling. However, this is a foolish thing to think because it increases costs, hurts teen jobs, and takes away summer opportunities.
If we were to make school year round the costs would greatly increase. One issue that increases is the day to day upkeep and utilities. If a school were to continue through summer they could possibly increase these bills by over 10%. Some schools completely shut down over the summer in an attempt to completely neutralize their bills. Another area that would need more funding would be teachers salaries. They would eliminate teachers summer jobs. Some of the teachers at Forest City shingle or have a daycare over the summer. This would eliminate all these jobs and would stretch them thinner if they didn’t get a pay raise.
Just another one of the countless reasons to not have school year round is that it makes teens struggle to get jobs. This then leads to them having, even more, debt if they choose to go to college. Therefore, we would not be preparing …show more content…
One of the especially hard ones they would have to give up would be summer camp. Not only are these summer camps fun for kids, but to some parents, it’s a break from the stresses of parenting. Another issue that makes life tougher for the parents is that during the extended breaks of year-round school there are fewer daycares open. Students of year-round schooling wouldn’t be exposed to as many family vacations. It would be this way because there would be a very limited time when they could travel and the parents might struggle to get a certain time period off if it’s a busy time. One example of this is a farm hand. If the crops are ready to harvest during the student's two-week break it’s just too bad in most
If we were to make school year round the costs would greatly increase. One issue that increases is the day to day upkeep and utilities. If a school were to continue through summer they could possibly increase these bills by over 10%. Some schools completely shut down over the summer in an attempt to completely neutralize their bills. Another area that would need more funding would be teachers salaries. They would eliminate teachers summer jobs. Some of the teachers at Forest City shingle or have a daycare over the summer. This would eliminate all these jobs and would stretch them thinner if they didn’t get a pay raise.
Just another one of the countless reasons to not have school year round is that it makes teens struggle to get jobs. This then leads to them having, even more, debt if they choose to go to college. Therefore, we would not be preparing …show more content…
One of the especially hard ones they would have to give up would be summer camp. Not only are these summer camps fun for kids, but to some parents, it’s a break from the stresses of parenting. Another issue that makes life tougher for the parents is that during the extended breaks of year-round school there are fewer daycares open. Students of year-round schooling wouldn’t be exposed to as many family vacations. It would be this way because there would be a very limited time when they could travel and the parents might struggle to get a certain time period off if it’s a busy time. One example of this is a farm hand. If the crops are ready to harvest during the student's two-week break it’s just too bad in most