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"Year-round school is going to cost more per student than building.
If Wilmot High School levied taxes at the same rate as the Kenosha
district, we could build an addition this size every three years without
levying taxes." Wilmot High School Board President John Schnurr
(Twin Lakes Westosha Report, Twin Lakes, WI, 4/29/96)
The future of year-round education may be in jeopardy as the Trenton
school district continues to grapple with a crumbling school budget.
The superintendent of schools has said that if administrators can't find
a way to maintain the pricey year-round system by paring away funds
from other areas within the school, the program may be eliminated.
(The Trentonian, Trenton, NJ, 5/9/96)
Superintendent John Dell said, "he would not recommend a multi-track
schedule because it was not "educationally sound" since it limits
several course offerings, substantially increases budgets and --
in some cases-reduces teaching positions.
(Kingsport Times-News,Kingsport, TN, 4/14/98)
A year-round school system could cause more problems than it solves,
according to a 12- page report presented by Davison school officials.
One reason is a higher cost per student. (The Davison Index, MI, 3/8/95)
The Green Bay School Board heard that planning next year for the
implementation of year-round school at Keller and Martin elementary
schools in 1996-97 will cost the district about $40,000.
(Green Bay News-Chronicle, Green Bay, WI, 2/28/95)
Year--round schools simply mean expensive air conditioning for century-
old structures and double shifts in the classrooms. There has been no
explanation of how YRE will result in either a savings to taxpayers or a
significant improvement in children's learning.
(The Toronto Sun, Toronto, ON, 1/7/95)
The Toronto Board of Education, one of the country's largest, has twice
looked closely at year-round schooling and both times concluded it would
be more expensive than the existing systems. It begins with air-conditioning
and runs through to salaries. One has to look at the retail and manufacturing
patterns established around the school year, the inventory maintenance,
the back-to-school sales, workforce levels. We might have created a
school year to make farmers happy, but it now touches a lot more people
than farmers. (The Globe & Mail, Toronto, ON, 1/4/95)
The head of Canada's, B.C. Teachers' Federation says the provincial
government can go ahead and try out year-round schooling but there's
no research to prove that the system saves taxpayers' money or that it
benefits students. (The Vancouver Sun, 8/18/94)
Abend-LaPine School District committee conducted an extensive financial
analysis of year-round education, with the assistance of a local accounting
firm. The study found that the additional operating and conversion costs were
not sufficiently offset by the savings generated by delaying school construction.
In other words, it just did not make financial sense. The report reads,
"adopting year-round education does not appear to be a viable solution
to overcrowding, at this time…" (The Bulletin, Bend, OR, 3/4/98)
"It's not effective, and it's more expensive to operate. It's been proven
nationwide that it (year-round school) doesn't improve test scores."
Dr. Alan Forshey, Newton-Conover Board of Education
(The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC, 11/5/95)
The Lincoln County school board is considering going back to its original
calendar for several reasons. For one, it's too costly to operate two schedules
under one roof, officials said. Also, year-round students did not score higher
than their traditional counterparts on an evaluation test conducted by a school
improvement team and educational experts from UNC Charlotte. Nine
schools in North Carolina have reverted to a traditional calendar
year after trials with year-round programs.
(Charlotte Observer,Charlotte NC, 11/19/97)
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