@@ More schools move to 4 day week despite harm

[frlcb]

May 10, 2023 19:15:26 GMT -5 StrawberryBlondie said:

May 10, 2023 19:11:00 GMT -5 mpm said:

IME, most schools don’t even have swim teams so I’m not sure that’s a very equitable result either.

I picked that as an example because 1. I'm actually familiar with the costs of both in my area, and 2. It's a sport basically every school around here has.

Maybe it's regional. 🤷‍♀️

I live in Atlanta and I think every high school has a swim team, and many middle schools do. Not sure if it is regional or not but it is a sport that is definitely in schools.

(And, as the mom of a year round swimmer, her middle school team is free and the high school she will likely go to will be maybe a couple hundred for the season but that actually just covers the gear, otherwise it is free)

[abs]

May 11, 2023 15:08:16 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

This school year, we have 4-day weekend most months to coincide with a federal holidays. We get a week at Thanksgiving & then a 1-week spring break in March. We had about a week before Christmas & went back around 1/3 (1/2 was a teacher workday). School started Aug 22 and ends just before Memorial Day.

Next year, we we start a week later in August, have a week AFTER new years (in January off...WTF?), we end the Friday AFTER Memorial Day, and not many 4-day weekends. It's a terrible schedule....

Nope. That is so different from most of the districts near us! Are y’all a District of Innovation? I think that distinction is the only way you can start earlier. Not sure why some districts are and done aren’t. Probably money.

[imimahoney]

May 11, 2023 9:54:43 GMT -5 karinothing said:

May 11, 2023 7:02:41 GMT -5 imimahoney said:

Nope. Where I teach (HS north of Boston) has a user fee for any sport or large-scale club such as drama.

Most districts around here have a user fee but ours is very large in comparison because my town chooses not to fund the clubs/teams.

The amount is capped per family and if a student qualifies for free or reduced lunch then they do the have to pay.

Personally, I would hate for my kids to attend a year round school. My children go to Jewish sleep-away camp and that is very important to our family but I completely understand why others would want year round schooling.

Don't they still get 6 weeks off in summer? Is that not enough time for sleep away camp? I mean I know it might be longer now but 6 weeks sounds like a good chunk of time still. 

I honestly have no idea how long they get. Our regular summers are only 8.9 to 9 weeks which isn't much more. I assumed it was shorter, like 3 week break chunks.

I went to camp for 8 weeks and my son will go for 7.