Bill Harris wrote:
> One thing I've noticed some families do is to use the summer to make up
> for deficiencies in the other 9 months. Sometimes it's music camp, to get
> a more intense focus on this (or one of the other) arts. Sometimes it's
> Certainly not all families do this or are able to do this. Certainly
> there is room for improvement in our school systems. However, when/if we
> move towards year round schooling, if we don't inject some added
> flexibility into the system, we may end up hurting some who do take
> advantage of their summers in ways such as these.
For a year round curriculum to work flexibility and the desire to
incorporate, work with, follow, assist other programs is essential.
Carbondale (about 30 thousand plu about 20 thousands students at SIU) has
a wide array of math, sci, architecture, basketball, softball, arts/crafts
camps, workshops and trips to easily fill 3 months. To coordinate this
with the schools would be tremendous. But why limit this to the summer ?
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Brehm Preparatory School
Carbondale IL
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