poohperson- no need to be condescending. I wasn't saying that the entire educational system needs to cater to my wishes. I simply stated my opinion and why I dislike the idea of year round schools. Everyone doesn't have to feel the same way I do.

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.

time for YOU to crawl out of the batcave and take a look around. we're in the 21st century!

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!

NC Teacher- people at my work and as well as myself have accomplished degrees, MBA's, and CPA's while working full time. That is the real world and a hard fact if you did not finish your education earlier on.

It is highly improbable that high schools would ever be able to go year round. There are too many conflicts with athletics, extracurriculur activities and advanced classes. Same with split shifts- it would be a nightmare to try to coordinate all of that along with splitting the high schools into morning/afternoon shifts.

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.

Not a new concept and NOT a concept Wake County families deserve!

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.