Year Round Schooling Questioned in Budget Talks

        Senior citizens in the Lenoir School District worry that a proposal for a year-round schooling might hit them in the pocketbook. 

        At Tuesday night’s school board meeting there was only one topic that was heavily discussed, that being the possibility of year round schooling. 
        It was believed that the $35 million bond being voted on in April would be on everyone’s agenda, but the people in attendance wanted to discuss whether year round schooling would cut construction costs on the school.
        If the school were to implement a year round school system the need for trailer classrooms would decrease, and daily attendance at the school could be cut by 25%. This would allow smaller class sizes and more face time for students with the teachers.
        Board President Elton Fay said about the situation that year round schooling isn’t a practical idea.
        “If we are to avoid erecting additional buildings, to save on construction costs, the cost of educating our children would go up substantially,” said Fay.
        A technique such as year round schooling would mean that different kids would be on completely different schedules based on their ages.
        Fay said, “This community does not want schools on totally different schedules.”
        With the increasing population it is becoming harder for schools to counteract the large class sizes. “Private schools have a clear advantage over public because they can pick and choose the number of kids that they want to educate,” says Kerry Corino.


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Blog: In response to this article I believe that there is no proper solution for the overcrowding of the public school system. I was lucky enough to attend private school where this problem is irrelevant, however I understand how tough it must be to succeed in a classroom where the teacher has to teach many disinterested kids. Many of these kids are only disinterested because they cannot acquire the face time that is necessary for them to learn because there are so many other students in their classes. With large school many kids seem to get lost in the mix, and I do not know enough about politics to have a good solution on how to re-allot money into the school systems to pay more teachers.