Parents or Guardian, how many of you would like your child(ren)'s public-school district to begin a new school year "after" Labor Day? There are many reasons why such a school district approach may not be so bad after all:
- More vacation time for school staff (who may not have worked during the summer months), children, and the short decrease of school building wear and tear (summer cooling equipment or none at all);
- More opportunities for school-age children to participate with external school projects and activities; and,
- The lack of disruption of having to take a mini vacation from new teachers, after the first few days of a new academic year.
- This would require more frequent calendar vacations, perhaps every month.
- Traditional school vacations would be shortened to accommodate.
- Teachers would be required to work such calendar scheduling.
- I would think school districts, who implement such schooling behaviors, would be required to have summer cooling equipment (a/c systems). Summer cooling equipment vs. paying year-round teaching contracts? Do you think the cost of adding such equipment would be the major cost of such an overall task of a school district's yearly budget?