Year-Round Schooling and Senior Citizens

Animation of protest against "Year-Round-Schooling"

 “Senior citizens in Lenoir School District in Sacramento, Calif. worry that a proposal for year-round schooling might hit them in the pocketbook.

Schools are overcrowded and have a limited amount of buildings which are causing problems. 

Senior Citizens wanted to know what stand would the candidates take and more about teacher unionization.  
  One School board candidate stated that there is a changing tide when it comes to using trailers as classrooms. ("Candidate Henry Lane")

In debate, Candidate Elton Fay states that if they avoid on erecting additional buildings which primarily can save on construction costs, education for students would greatly increase without question. 

So according to Candidate Fay, students are being affected by the situation because the financial issue here can put a damper on what is really important, education.

According to the National Association for Year-Round Education (NAYRE), year round

education provides these kinds of opportunities: 

•  Reduces class sizes and overcrowding in growing school districts if a multi-track year

round education systems used

•  Provides students the opportunity for tutoring or enrichment services if they are

struggling in academics because of more frequent intercessions

•  Decreases the amount of review time needed in the classroom because of a more

continuous schedule

•  Offers students’ parents a more continuous childcare service because students would not be out of school for three-months during the summer.

This community does not want these schools on totally different schedules which could be a major effect, Fay pointed out.

Incumbent Kerry Corino talked about the increasing population that makes it difficult to counteract large class sizes.

Corino states that private school chooses who they want to intend their schools and public schools are more open to the public school students.

  According to opponents, such as the Coalition for a Traditional School Year, year-round education these are the dangers of increasing populations of schools with less buildings: 

•  Limits opportunities for students to have non-academic activities or jobs because of

shorter breaks. 

•  Decreases teachers’ ability to use summer months to obtain higher degrees and

professional development.

•  Increases costs (maintenance, air conditioning, etc.) because of year-round classes. 
•  Creates possible family problems with childcare and parental involvement if children in a

family are on different tracks (and schedules) in a multi-track system

Several people suggested the district use the money to better engage parents in the education of their children, while also training teachers how to have better relationships with students and parents JSonline.com reports. (A website that talks about school issues and etc.)

For the sake of the students and everyone else involved, some type of understanding has to happen soon before the situation becomes to far fetched. 

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