Idaho Paper Says Year-Round Schooling Should Be Considered

The Moscow-Pullman (ID) Daily News (1/16) editorializes that "avoid the stagnated learning that is so often the result of summer vacation." Year-round schooling advocates also contend that "the program could give poorer students healthy meals they might not otherwise get in the summer. At the same time, it could be a solution for working parents who need somewhere for their children to stay while they are at work. ... The concept of year-round school is not new, but neither is it as popular as the nine-month academic calendar, originally designed to allow students to work - especially in agriculture - during the summer."