Year Round Schooling???

[Sampy123]

Wow, if that's the case, I'm glad I'm waiting for my youngest to finish up h.s. up here before I move. I personally don't like the year-round schedule at all.

[Desdemona123]

Originally Posted by Sampy123

Wow, if that's the case, I'm glad I'm waiting for my youngest to finish up h.s. up here before I move. I personally don't like the year-round schedule at all.

It's really rare that a high school would be on the year around schedule...unless it's one like in Union County that only has one track. Even in Wake County where many schools are going this way, has no plans of converting high schools.

[Sampy123]

Originally Posted by Desdemona123

It's really rare that a high school would be on the year around schedule...unless it's one like in Union County that only has one track. Even in Wake County where many schools are going this way, has no plans of converting high schools.

Ironically, Union County is where we'll be looking to go.

[saralee]

There is nothing for folks to worry about ...

From what I gather, the majority of folks here are NOT moving to Monroe. I am 99% sure that the year-round schedule only impacts a handful of schools (elementary and middle) in Monroe. Your children and families would NOT be impacted by a year-round schedule.

Also, year-round schedules are terribly difficult to implement whereas high school curriculums are concerned. I don't know of any (NC) high schools that have year-round high schools.

As an aside, at 16 a student can enroll concurrently at community college. I believe tuition, books and transportation is provided for the student. Anyone with more information about this opportunity, please correct me if I am wrong.

As for after-care programs adjusting to the needs of the public, from what I have observed it's pretty slow coming. My guess is that the explosion in the population has simply made it impossible for the community to keep up with the demand for safe, affordable child care. I also find that even though incomes are for the most part lower than Jersey, child care expenses seem to be right on par.

But maybe the need for child care is, overall, a transplant issue. On my first meeting with my child's vice-principal (a woman seriously lacking in personality), I was thrown off by the realization that there was a year-round calendar to contend with (just when I thought I had researched EVERYTHING). "How do parents cope with childcare issues during the breaks?" I asked. And she replied, "Well, we've been doing this for 10 years and you're the first person whose ever asked me that. Clearly it must not be a problem." HA! Think she didn't like me?

Finally, here is the link to Union County Public Schools I was too lazy to find earlier:

http://www.ucps.k12.nc.us/default.htm (broken link)

Sincerely,

SL