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Originally Posted by lewdog
Speaking of which, the summer breaks in Montana were a month longer than ones in AZ.
My son goes back to school on August 7th and Montana goes back to school August 28th.
Here they get a week off for Fall and Spring break, which is maybe where it adds in?
What gives on the short summer?
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I'm on a modified year long schedule at my new school. I'm back August 1st. Summer Break started on Memorial Day.
The main idea of it is that it fights the "summer slip". Basically there's a ton of data that longer summers cause learning loss, especially among elementary students. There's been an argument for a long time that if elementary teachers didn't have to "re-teach" in the first quarters of every year, learning outcomes could be improved across the board.
Anecdotally, teachers say longer fall and spring breaks help with burnout for a position that is experiencing major staffing shortages around the country.
Just my two cents. I personally am fine with either approach as long as I'm out before June (85 degree classrooms are no bueno -- and I had to deal with that the last month of school in my last two years).