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3461
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Most parents with children participating in year-round schools support the concept. Parents indicate the schedule fits their lifestyle, their children are more enthusiastic, and opportunities for parental involvement are greater.
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3462
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Recommendations on year-round schools by the N.C. Center for Public Policy Research include making the program optional and providing comparative data between year-round and traditional schools.
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5602
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Wake County opened the first year-round school in 1989. Nationally, the state ranks high in the number of these schools. The approach offers a variety of school calendars, better choice for parents, better school facility use, and overcrowding alleviation.
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11541
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North Carolina has closed its first year of state supported public schools for an eight-month term. Richardson discusses what has been accomplished during the new schedule and what might be expected in the future.
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35869
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Faulkner shared her version of childhood summer vacations from school, a rural Martin County experience markedly different from how many children today experience that three month break. From her reflection, she asserted that the children of yesteryear knew vacations as they were meant to be.
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