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Guess what, folks, lots of people (yes, two working parents) just don't have the luxury of "spending all the time they want with their children" in the summer. On the contrary, they are lucky to have more than 2 weeks vacation to spend with their kids. Sure, it's great if parents can spend time teaching and playing with their kids all summer. But for some parents the juggling they have to do in the summer is not about wet towels and gym bags but cobbling together child care and summer camps to cover all the time the kids are out of school but the parents are at work.
Year-round school does not mean year-round child care. It could mean that schools actually have more time to do project-based work and include more arts and enrichment activities. It will prevent the summer slide in skills and yes, it will give those kids who don't have support at home, a chance to get some meaningful attention. I'd really like to see this be a national discussion.
Posted by: Martha | July 09, 2009 10:32 PM