Year Round School Essay

Arguments on the merit of the implementation of year round schooling in the American public school system arose in the early 1900s, but have grown in complexity with time. In contemporary society, there are several factors affecting the decision of instituting a year round school schedule in place of a traditional school schedule, including its effects on the students, their parents, and the administrators. However, in order to determine the true value of instituting one of the many options for year round calendars, the American nation as a whole must consider the effect of the transition on the American economy. Such factors include the effect of the transition between calendars on the energy costs necessary to keep a school running, student ability to obtain employment, and costs of constructing new schools and additions onto already standing schools to avoid …show more content…
Because the majority of schools run on a traditional calendar, the American government runs into huge issues of overcrowding in the public school system. Many new schools and additions onto already standing schools must be constructed every year to keep up with the growing population of students. According to "Education Funding: Where Do Schools Get Their Money? How Do They Spend It?" by Lisa Blumerman, an article relaying the results of a census conducted by the United States Census Bureau, ¨the US spent $47 billion for construction of schools¨ in the school year of 2009-2010 (Blumerman, Lisa). As previously addressed, schools on a four track year round calendar accommodate approximately thirty-three percent more students than those on a traditional calendar, thus decreasing the necessity of the construction of new schools and new additions. Therefore, if multi-track year round calendars are instituted, a large amount of the $47 billion that is currently spent on the construction of new schools will be