Petition for a Balanced Calendar in Cobb Schools

Quoted post

mom

#108

2012-01-14 16:37

Having a had a high school sophomore, and 7th and 5th graders when the balanced calendar was introduced I can say that it did not help my students academically. My high schooler had teachers slam him with work before the break and slam him when they get back. I believe that the kids need some more down time but not a week off every 6 weeks, it disrupts the flow too much. If the board could coordinate a few long weekends during October and Feb/ March that would give everyone a breather but not disrupt the teaching to such a great extent. Families could plan a weekend away or just enjoy a few extra mornings of sleeping in and catching up on work.

Replies

Disruption

#118 Re:

2012-01-14 19:52:44

#108: mom -

With younger children, I saw the same thing.  The many breaks, combined with the snow breaks - made last year's calendar very difficult.  I was wondering if older children were having issues with the disruptions/frequent changes to the school week.

I'm certainly glad the calendar was changed this year because it was incredibly hot the first two weeks of August (prefer to have the children at home with me then rather than worry about bus/hydration etc. at school).