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"We have enough problems with families not being as connected with their
kids as they should be, and I feel that year-round schools would contribute
even more to this problem." Beck Holbert, Teacher, Dixie High School,
Abbeville School District (Calhoun Falls News, Calhoun, NC, 12/10/97)
"Everyone talks about how important families are, but year-round schools
split families up." Jerry Hoadley, Escondido School Trustee
(San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA, 7/8/97)
"When you have summer vacation, you can hire someone (teacher/daycare
provider) for the summer. Try hiring someone for three weeks." Kay Bailey,
director of the Ocean View Baptist Church Teaching-Learning Center
(Sun News, Myrtle Beach, SC)
Surveys conducted found that much of the opposition to year-round
education centered on family issues. The survey concluded that YRE
would decrease the amount of time parents spend with their children,
create problems with childcare, and seriously affect families on
different tracks. (The Recorder, Prince Frederick, MD, /18/95)
Negative feelings were expressed at a hearing to discuss the possibility of
year-round schools in the Williamson County School District. The major
concern--child care. (The Review Appeal, Franklin, TN, 10/7/98)
"Just to save money, disrupting families and staff not having time to rest,
it's not worth it. Our idea would be to build regular new schools and have
everyone on one calendar like we used to." Teachers Union President,
Cliff McInturff (Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, FL, 1/5/96)
"Year-round education has historically not worked well when the reason
was to avoid overcrowding. It leads to a breakdown in family cohesiveness,
transportation problems, disruption of businesses, difficulty in scheduling
family vacations as well as personnel burnout." Nancy Cavanaugh, parent
and year-round school educator (Delhi Press, Delhi, OH, 10/23/96)
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