Raleigh, N.C. — Some year-round schools in Wake County may change back to a traditional calendar.
In a meeting Tuesday, school board members considered the change because student enrollment has fallen below projections.
The school system's estimated 130,000 students could grow by 10,000 next year. In response to growth, the district had converted 22 schools to year-round calendars.
Last year, many year-round schools were also below capacity because hundreds of parents opted to stay in traditional-calendar schools.
School administrators have said year-round schools are necessary to help the system manage its booming student population. They accommodate about 25 percent more students than a traditional school because one-quarter of the student body is always on break.
The subject of year-round schools in Wake County has been contentious, with a lawsuit filed to keep attendance at them voluntary.



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Teaching is not a job that I have been able to leave at work, so to do my job well I have to put in a few hours each evening. I am not complaining about those extra hours because they show when it comes to my students education. But it does limit the coursework I can manage while school is in. I refuse to sacrifice teaching quality to further my education.
I would have LOVED to go straight through college and finish my masters and doctorate before I went to work. Financially that wasn't possible. My ultimate goal is to teach methods classes at a university level. You have to have classroom experience before you can succeed in that kind of career. There are many aspects of it that you can't teach until you have been in the classroom.
September 17, 2008 9:32 p.m.
NCTeach, I disagree, surprised I know. Athletics is not a guaranteed part of education so that argument is a joke. The schools DON'T want to suffer the loss of athletics, more like the college recruits, but do NOT kid yourself, split shifts at a minimum will come to high schools before it's over. How else do you think they will "by law" educate the onslaught of acne faced kids flooding the schools??? They aren't going to build enough to keep up, with failed bonds, CC's not approving the boe's scams and land continuing to dry up.
Get that PhD and be ready to move on!
September 17, 2008 8:32 p.m.
September 17, 2008 7:33 p.m.
I personally don't like year round schools. I use my summer to take classes to work towards my masters and eventually, hopefully my PhD. It would be very difficult to do that in a year round school. Yes, I can take classes during the school year and I do, but it is so much harder to do my coursework and still fully devote myself to teaching.
September 17, 2008 7:17 p.m.
So who died, you don't speak for everyone you just think so. Again the concept on being off in the summer was based on climate, as in no AC in the house and farm work. The calender has been in place along time a limits students options as far as months and hours cause some people are married to some clock or calender.
September 17, 2008 5:32 p.m.