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Why mess with what works? When faced with the issue of year round schooling at the high school level some believe that it is the way to go. However year round schooling is not the way to go in high school. Some issues that come up in year round schooling is the track scheduling. The track of a school means when you attend school and when you are on your breaks. This seems simple enough however school systems try to be at 100% efficiency which means that schools can have multiple tracks going at the same time. This can be tricky with families having different children on different tracks. It will make going on family vacations next to impossible. Some of the other drawbacks of year round schooling is the fact that students will not be able to hold summer internships, and summer employment wont exist. Another drawback that is mentioned in the article //Is Year Round Schooling The Answer?// is the fact that if a teacher is working on a track that ends in august and the new school year starts in september then that teacher will only have so much time to come up with new lesson plans etc. If the teacher is changing grade level then that teacher will have almost no time to prepare for the upcoming school year, this could hinder how much the students actually learn. Another draw back to year round schooling at the highschool level is the fact that if a student is on a track that ends in August and is going to college in the fall they will have less than a month to prepare for what is ahead of them. Another drawback of year round schooling is the issue of maintenance. With schools being occupied year round cleaning and maintenance will be a hard thing to do. When will the floors be waxed and the carpets cleaned if someone is always occupying the room. This can cause an interruption in the class room.

One of the main arguments for year round schooling is the fact that students grades increase. However studies have shown to be inconclusive on whether or not grades are actually better or not. With that being said is it actually worth changing a system that has been around forever? The simple answer is no.

Chaika, G. (2009). //Is Year Round Schooling The Answer.// Retrieved September 29, 2010 from : http:// www. educationworld. com/ a_admin/ admin/ admin137.shtml.