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The trend is that more teachers are choosing to study over the summer
because of the increasing importance of master's degrees and keeping
up with new technologies. (Austin American-Statesman, Austin, TX., 6/20/95)
"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)
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)
About two-fifths of Central Elementary School's teachers will transfer to a
new school in the Allentown School District next year to avoid participating
in a new Year-round program, believed to be the first of its kind in the state.
The 20 teachers departing cite personal and family commitments, such as
taking summer classes toward master's degrees and having children in
other schools who would be on a different vacation schedule.
(The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, 4/12/97)
…it (YRS) has contributed to burnout for special program staff (art and
music teachers, counselors), who get paid more but have to work eleven
months instead of nine. Cliff McInturff, president of the Orange County
Classroom Teachers Association (The Times, Trenton, NJ, 2/19/95)
"I'm one of six teachers at South Brunswick High who will have the opposite
schedule of their children in elementary school. You're messing with my time
with my kids, and that upsets me greatly. I have a child with socialization
problems, and it's hard for him to go back to school after a break.
This isn't going to help my child in the long run, but it's going to hurt me."
Jill Jones, Teacher (Stateport Pilot, Southport, NC, 1/28/98)
"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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