Comments on: They’re back. Is it too soon or too late to go back to school? http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2009/08/10/theyre-back-is-it-too-soon-or-too-late-to-go-back-to-school/ Your source to discuss and learn about education in Atlanta, Georgia and the nation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:31:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: stephenie meyer http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2009/08/10/theyre-back-is-it-too-soon-or-too-late-to-go-back-to-school/comment-page-2/#comment-12488 stephenie meyer Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:48:26 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/?p=1008#comment-12488 I believe that kids should not go back to school until after Labor Day because kids who go back after Labor day get more effective scores. I believe that kids should not go back to school until after Labor Day because kids who go back after Labor day get more effective scores.

]]> By: jordan http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2009/08/10/theyre-back-is-it-too-soon-or-too-late-to-go-back-to-school/comment-page-1/#comment-12486 jordan Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:39:29 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/?p=1008#comment-12486 i think r kids should not back until Labor day . because the kids who go back after Labor Day get a higher education. i think r kids should not back until Labor day . because the kids who go back after Labor Day get a higher education.

]]> By: Courtney http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2009/08/10/theyre-back-is-it-too-soon-or-too-late-to-go-back-to-school/comment-page-1/#comment-6769 Courtney Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:18:00 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/?p=1008#comment-6769 You guys think year-round school is a good idea, but you'd think differently if you were the child TAKING the year-round school. You guys think year-round school is a good idea, but you’d think differently if you were the child TAKING the year-round school.

]]> By: Tiffany http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2009/08/10/theyre-back-is-it-too-soon-or-too-late-to-go-back-to-school/comment-page-1/#comment-6519 Tiffany Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:21:00 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/?p=1008#comment-6519 I live in Haralson county and my second and fourth graders are on the bus for a hour and a half every morning and afternoon. Have you ever rode a school bus? They're HOT. My girls comes home every day wet from sweating and their clothes of soaking wet. People drive one week from 2:30-4:00 no air and just crack your window 2" see how you feel.(just remember the stops of sitting still too). I think this happens in many rural areas all around Georgia. I live in Haralson county and my second and fourth graders are on the bus for a hour and a half every morning and afternoon. Have you ever rode a school bus? They’re HOT. My girls comes home every day wet from sweating and their clothes of soaking wet. People drive one week from 2:30-4:00 no air and just crack your window 2″ see how you feel.(just remember the stops of sitting still too). I think this happens in many rural areas all around Georgia.

]]> By: JJones http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2009/08/10/theyre-back-is-it-too-soon-or-too-late-to-go-back-to-school/comment-page-1/#comment-6515 JJones Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:10:10 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/?p=1008#comment-6515 Enrichment courses, business courses or trade classes I think cost money. What do the possible furlough teachers of Georgia think of this? Enrichment courses, business courses or trade classes I think cost money. What do the possible furlough teachers of Georgia think of this?

]]> By: Zachs Mom http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2009/08/10/theyre-back-is-it-too-soon-or-too-late-to-go-back-to-school/comment-page-1/#comment-6512 Zachs Mom Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:44:09 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/?p=1008#comment-6512 J Jones--My son is 14 and is wearing the same Walmart shorts and tee shirts that he wears every year. I would love to be able to stay home with my child...except that we wouldn't have one and living in a carboard box is not my idea of a good exchange. Eating is another activity that we enjoy on a regular basis...water...electricty. All of which we wouldn't have if I didn't work. I would love to be a SAHM but it didn't work out that way. No profession has 15+ weeks of vacation a year. Older kids are in for a rude awakening when they get to the real world. The younger people where I work are amazed that you don't get a weeks vacation every 9 weeks or mental health ( teacher work days) days every few month. Having longer school years might give schools more opportunity to offer enrichment courses, business courses or trade classes. J Jones–My son is 14 and is wearing the same Walmart shorts and tee shirts that he wears every year. I would love to be able to stay home with my child…except that we wouldn’t have one and living in a carboard box is not my idea of a good exchange. Eating is another activity that we enjoy on a regular basis…water…electricty. All of which we wouldn’t have if I didn’t work. I would love to be a SAHM but it didn’t work out that way.

No profession has 15+ weeks of vacation a year. Older kids are in for a rude awakening when they get to the real world. The younger people where I work are amazed that you don’t get a weeks vacation every 9 weeks or mental health ( teacher work days) days every few month. Having longer school years might give schools more opportunity to offer enrichment courses, business courses or trade classes.

]]> By: LT http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2009/08/10/theyre-back-is-it-too-soon-or-too-late-to-go-back-to-school/comment-page-1/#comment-6507 LT Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:45:12 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/?p=1008#comment-6507 I rather like the new schedule more counties are going to. Having that extra week in the fall and winter is nice. Remember when after Christmas, the next big holiday was spring break. That was the longest 3 months of my childhood. Now kids get off a week right in the middle of that long period. Day cares are conforming to the schedules, so there doesn't seem to be a shortage of places for your kids during the breaks if you have to work. I think we could use to shorten summer by another week or two (at the beginning, not the end when it's so hot). Think of the additional material that teachers could cover with two more weeks in every school year. Maybe then we could get ahead in education in this country!! I rather like the new schedule more counties are going to. Having that extra week in the fall and winter is nice. Remember when after Christmas, the next big holiday was spring break. That was the longest 3 months of my childhood. Now kids get off a week right in the middle of that long period. Day cares are conforming to the schedules, so there doesn’t seem to be a shortage of places for your kids during the breaks if you have to work. I think we could use to shorten summer by another week or two (at the beginning, not the end when it’s so hot). Think of the additional material that teachers could cover with two more weeks in every school year. Maybe then we could get ahead in education in this country!!

]]> By: JJones http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2009/08/10/theyre-back-is-it-too-soon-or-too-late-to-go-back-to-school/comment-page-1/#comment-6506 JJones Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:21:39 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/?p=1008#comment-6506 Zacks mom, your husband taking a 20% pay cut did you have money to buy shorts & clothes for your child to start school in 90 degree weather. Well my husband and myself have both lost our jobs in the past 4 months and with a fourteen year old, growing so fast that he could not wear shorts to school that is an appropriate lenght so new one had to be purchase for now. His school is so hot through-out hot days they cannot wear jeans, and be comfortable to learn. So starting later like September would be somewhat cooler but the lenght of high temperature will be less and a fewer weeks for him and others. So don't think cause a parent would like their child home is cause someone has money of no money. Camps or no camps. Weather to me is the main issue. Kids out running a mile in 90 degree weather at 1:30 in the afternoon and then going to 2 more classes hot and sticky and being uncomfortable, he and others are really learning alot. Zacks mom, your husband taking a 20% pay cut did you have money to buy shorts & clothes for your child to start school in 90 degree weather. Well my husband and myself have both lost our jobs in the past 4 months and with a fourteen year old, growing so fast that he could not wear shorts to school that is an appropriate lenght so new one had to be purchase for now. His school is so hot through-out hot days they cannot wear jeans, and be comfortable to learn. So starting later like September would be somewhat cooler but the lenght of high temperature will be less and a fewer weeks for him and others. So don’t think cause a parent would like their child home is cause someone has money of no money. Camps or no camps. Weather to me is the main issue. Kids out running a mile in 90 degree weather at 1:30 in the afternoon and then going to 2 more classes hot and sticky and being uncomfortable, he and others are really learning alot.

]]> By: What is right for kids? http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2009/08/10/theyre-back-is-it-too-soon-or-too-late-to-go-back-to-school/comment-page-1/#comment-6505 What is right for kids? Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:20:36 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/?p=1008#comment-6505 Mom to Alex & Max, I don't think that anyone mentioned you at all when they spoke of parents who can send their children to summer camp. That is beside the point. The point that should be in the backs of all of our minds is "What is right for kids?" Not the parents, not the grandparents, not the teachers. What is right for kids??? Yes, we all grew up with Labor Day to Memorial Day, but we also grew up with led paint and no car seats. We know that some things are no longer considered good for us. So, I ask again: What is right for kids? Mom to Alex & Max,
I don’t think that anyone mentioned you at all when they spoke of parents who can send their children to summer camp.
That is beside the point.
The point that should be in the backs of all of our minds is “What is right for kids?” Not the parents, not the grandparents, not the teachers. What is right for kids???
Yes, we all grew up with Labor Day to Memorial Day, but we also grew up with led paint and no car seats. We know that some things are no longer considered good for us.
So, I ask again: What is right for kids?

]]> By: Vivian http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2009/08/10/theyre-back-is-it-too-soon-or-too-late-to-go-back-to-school/comment-page-1/#comment-6479 Vivian Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:57:38 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/?p=1008#comment-6479 It is far too expensive to run school systems in the Summer months. We are cutting bus stops, but not looking at the obvious and safe solution. Why not look at Murray County. Add one hour on the day, cut the calendar from 180 to 160 days. The savings for large districts would be huge. Local districts...stop whining and using our children as guinea pigs in these stupid experiments. Start after Labor Day and end at Memorial Day. For those that want to continue year round day care...so sorry, we can't afford it anymore. It is far too expensive to run school systems in the Summer months. We are cutting bus stops, but not looking at the obvious and safe solution. Why not look at Murray County. Add one hour on the day, cut the calendar from 180 to 160 days. The savings for large districts would be huge. Local districts…stop whining and using our children as guinea pigs in these stupid experiments. Start after Labor Day and end at Memorial Day. For those that want to continue year round day care…so sorry, we can’t afford it anymore.

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