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Recently the government has presented "Bill 36". One of the ideas that’s included in this bill is "year round school" or "balanced calendar". There are always pros and cons to every idea, so lets take a look.

    Some people think this "balanced calendar" is great! They believe that by having less time between breaks (like summer vacation) helps you not to forget everything you learned the previous year.  Most people, (like me) decide to let loose, and not bother reviewing anything, or try not t o think of the word "school" over the summer holidays. This is what causes you to forget what u learned. By having more breaks throughout the year means we will have a shorter summer vacation giving us less time to forget. Apparently some people think we are bored through the summer, so after school activities throughout the year will kill time.  This will also make trips more affordable for families since flights are usually more expensive during the summer, so this makes it easier and more affordable to take trips not during the same breaks as most other schools.

  There are also just as many cons as pros if not more AGAINST year round schooling. First of all, camps and or summer programs will suffer considering how we will have less time in the summer to actually GO to camp. So eventually they will deteriorate and go out of business. Secondly, when we are in school during July it will be extremely hot in the school and especially in the portables, and most schools DON'T have air conditioning causing us to be very sweaty and uncomfortable during school. Also some kids' parents work in other school districts causing them to be on totally different schedules, which will affect the homes of families.  Costs will go up for schools since you will need air conditioning, and use light and such more often. Lastly, if you have children who are in different schools and only one is doing year round school, it will be harder to organize vacations both kids can go to. 

   I personally think using a "balanced calendar" isn't the best idea since i agree with most if not all the cons, but hey, people are entitled to their own opinion.

  Sources:

http://childparenting.about.com/od/schoollearning/a/year-round-school-pros-cons.htm

http://712educators.about.com/cs/reformtime/a/yearrounded.htm

http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/pros-and-cons-of-year-round-school-3964.html