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'"Many (people) don't have resources to go away for a vacation. That's what's
nice about having time off in the summer--we can do inexpensive things like
camping, go to the river and beaches. You can't do that here in January or
November." Dawn Zook, Parent (Arlington Times, Arlington, WA, 4/29/98)
In a survey taken by Northville parents, 76% would rather have less vacation
days during the year and/or add time to the school day, rather than shorten
the summer break. Seventy-six percent also said they do not want year-
round school. (Northville record, Northville, MI, 2/5/98)
"We are the only district in the state that does it (multi-track) this way.
You can't tell me that we are the only ones because it works." Toni Beard,
Parent (The Daily Herald, Provo, UT, 10/11/97)
More and more parents are pulling their children out of the multi-track program
and putting them back on the traditional school schedule, local officials said.
(Mandarin News & St. Johns River Pilot, Jacksonville, FL, 8/28/97)
Dunbar High School Principal Leon Love was not surprised when his
school's enrollment dropped with the summer 1996 switch to year-round
classes. He said officials at year-round school conferences told him to
expect to lose students. Dunbar's enrollment decline--from 1,144
students in fall 1995 to 915 students in fall 1996--moved the school's
football program from Division I to Division III.
(Dayton Daily News, Dayton, OH, 6/13/97)
A two-year experiment with year-round schooling at Federal Way's Illahee
Junior High School may come to an end after survey comprised of parents
and staff at Illahee and several feeder elementary schools indicated
opposition to the modified calendar. The survey showed that 73% of
parents and 80% of staff wanted to return to a traditional calendar.
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, WA, 4/5/95)
Sabal Palm Elementary is asking that its year-round program be dropped.
Year-round classes failed to gain enough parent interest to sustain the
program. A staff survey showed only 18% favored year-round classes
while almost 60% wanted to remain on the traditional calendar.
(Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee, FL, 2/23/98)
Since the year-round Eastway Elementary School opened two years ago,
students who live in its attendance zone but opt for a traditional August-
through-June schedule have been channeled to George Watts Elementary
School. But with children continuing to pour into Watts two weeks after
opening day, the school couldn't accept more than the 60-plus children
who already have transferred from the year-round school this fall.
(Herald Sun, Durham, NC, 9/9/97)
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