loribell
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If schools did adopt a balanced schedule - it would likely vary from system to system slightly - much in the way that spring break currently varies. I don't see how point values could be adjusted much. Chrsitmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving will always be insanely popular times to travel.
The schedule would likely look something like this:
August - Start date at some point
October - 1-2 Week Break at some point
December - 2 Week Break
February - 1-2 Week Break at some point
April - 1-2 Week Break at Some point
June/July - 6-8 Week Break.
(and as a career teacher - I would LOVE something like this!!!)
I have actually began to think that it would be nice for the school year to be something like 9 weeks on & 4 weeks off. That would make it exactly 52 weeks and would fit in with how our schools do grading in Oklahoma. I'm not sure if that is how grading is done around the rest of the US though.
I always thought that year round schooling would be an awful idea, but with all of the headaches we have with school calendars these days and the fact that the teachers and kids both get tired of being there and with each other it is looking better to me all the time. Now if only I could convince our school system!
Lori