Year-round schedules allow more vacation options and lowers learning loss that occurs during the summer. According to Kimberly Dumucha Kalil, students’ knowledge from the previous year decreases over the summer. This slide can be removed, though, by getting rid of long vacations. “If your child doesn’t have a long break, it helps prevent summer learning loss,” according to Carol Lloyd. With little to do, students will often get bored in the summer, so the shorter, frequent breaks of year-round school are a wiser choice (Kalil). With the short breaks that year-round school schedules provide, students are less likely to be bored and have less of a slide in knowledge. According to Jordan Catapano, year-round schools’ break schedules add more options for vacations and rests. Opposed to long breaks, these breaks are more ideal because they also relieve summer slide. With short, frequent breaks, teachers don’t have to surrender much time to review lessons (Catapano). Students and their families have more vacation options because of the many breaks, but they don’t have the option of summer camps and jobs with the year-round schedule. Summer slide is an issue with summer, but according to Aaron L. Smith, enriching activities will help solve …show more content…
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