Drawbacks of the Single Track School Year
The shorter summer break may make long summer vacations, events, and obtaining a summer job far more difficult to achieve. Many people use this time to save up money, go on mission trips, or simply have fun with their family and friends. Unfortunately they will have far more difficulty under this school system since the summer break is cut in half if not shortened further. There are also still family's in the U.S. that own and operate farms that could use the assistance of their children and it may prove difficult trying to schedule the farm work around a school day. As a result in rural areas implementation of a YRS calendar may prove difficult or undesirable. There are also some concerns that this may burn students out faster or cause kids to resent school, however there is very little evidence to support this claim.
There are several possible increases in costs such as the staffing needed to create the new schedules, renovating schools to accommodate full year schooling, all renovations must be done in 30 weekdays or less otherwise that may mean extra overtime pay to get extra staffing and accelerate the renovations. Teachers will also need some training on the effective use of a balanced school system. Intersessions will also cost money to operate as well, but the hope is that they offset summer school costs.
There are several possible increases in costs such as the staffing needed to create the new schedules, renovating schools to accommodate full year schooling, all renovations must be done in 30 weekdays or less otherwise that may mean extra overtime pay to get extra staffing and accelerate the renovations. Teachers will also need some training on the effective use of a balanced school system. Intersessions will also cost money to operate as well, but the hope is that they offset summer school costs.