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year-round parents


created: Jun 17, 2008

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Are you looking looking for a track-out camp? Check out the new GOLO track-out camp database.  

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about year-round parents

In this group we discuss the year-round experience from the parents perspective, share information about track-out camps and any other topics that relate to having children in school for nine weeks and off for three. The goal is not to bash year-round schooling but to embrace it and help one another as much as we can along the way.

Feel free to invite other parents, PTA members, and even school principals and teachers.





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NC Tax Holiday (posted Jul 25, 2008)
Where do you "track-out?" (posted Jul 15, 2008)
what school do your kids go to? (posted Jul 9, 2008)
School Supplies (posted Jul 7, 2008)
First Year of YR Over Tomorrow (posted Jun 26, 2008)


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My kids are in year round school..I dont know what the big complaint is...I love the fact that I dont have to wait for summer to go on a trip. my kids school starts July 7. June 27 is the last day of school.

I am going to start a blog tomorrow about track out camps. I will also give everyone editor status. I, too enjoy year-round. It's all I've known since we moved here, so I really have no complaints.

We just started year round once we moved to our new house in Feb. I LOVE it! My kids go to a school that was just built in 2006, so it is still new and clean.

My little girl is ending her first year in school which is year round. I had an advantage of year round school, because when we moved down here CJ attended year round. We loved it, and still do. I'm like you faith, I don't understand what all the fuss is about. Me personally, I'd take year round over traditional any day!

We have been doing year round since 1997. Our son started kindergarten in year round. Daughter is now in 4th grade (year round) and son is at SE Raleigh which is modified. They get a long fall break, Christmas break and spring break. He got out a couple weeks ago and will start new school year at end of July. We LOVE year round. Daughter recently moved from Track 2 to Track 4 (closer to brother's schedule) and both my kids are bored / ready to go back by the 3rd week out. Fall vacations to Arizona...Christmas in Florida. Ahhh, yeah for year round.

Yeah, we got track 4 also, to me that's the best one. It helped alot with me when CJ was little and we moved down here from DC. I took him from everything and everybody he knew, so instead of having to wait all year until summer came, he was able to go back home every 9 weeks. It was a god send with our transition, it really made it alot easier.

My kids are on track 3...My 5 year old is starting her first bout of school on July 9th, which is when they will do her kindergarten assessment...then she goes back on july 14...2 weeks later, they will be tracked out for 3 weeks...I wish they had this when I was in school...LOL..

As soon as the kids get tired of school, they get a break...as soon as the parents get tired of the kids, they go back to school...LOL

My daughter is on Track 2. I've heard people complain about it, but I don't tend to complain about things I really can't control, and I find it okay. The only thing I don't like is how it doesn't really coincide with many summer camps, but I'm hoping that will change as more people adopt to the concept of year round as opposed to traditional. Last year she was able to do jump rope camp at the Y, but can't this year. But we get to take a trip to Missouri, so all is well.

I work at night, so i am home all day if the kids are going to be tracked out. My husband works during the day...I plan on going part time in January so I can spend more time with my kids...I leave for work at 5 and they get home at 4:15pm...not very much time.

Hey - thanks for having me in the group. My daughter is on track 2 and will be ending the 1st grade in a couple of weeks. I love year-round school. We were able to go to Disney in February and take short trips throughout the year when it is not crowded. I don't like the heat so I don't want to be forced into taking vacation in the summer only. Also, after this last track out she was soooo bored after 2 weeks - don't know what I do with her all summer... Not to mention that when they start school again they don't have to spend the first 3 weeks reviewing what everyone forgot over the summer!

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