Bill Would Move Oregon Toward Year-Round School

I remember my daughter going to year round school in Gresham Oregon in the eighties. Does anyone remember what year that year-round school stopped?

Yes, but two hours of homework everyday for my 1st grader is rediculous. Some of it is because the teacher "didnt have time" to get to it in class. He is in school for only 5 hours a day, and that includes a lunch and two recesses. Its rediculous. At least have more realistic learning time if they need more "time" to get stuff done. Going to school year round may not "create" life long learners, but it helps keep them in practice. At the beginning of this year, he was sent home with a paper with a letter on it to write every single day until the entire alphabet was done. At first grade, he knows his letters...why does he have to go through every single letter at the beginning of the year?? It was rediculous and the work was Kindergarten appropriate. He was well past that. I just believe the continuity of the school year, the learning, will benefit everyone and they can learn more stuff. My older two daughters were in year round school and I felt it was the best. I am a huge advocate of year round schooling. 3 months on and 1 month off is a great thing. I know this will interfere with jobs/daycare and the issues that will come from it.

Humbug! Why doesn't anybody ever ask teachers who actually have to do the job what would improve student learning? What we want to create are autodidacts--people who find the world interesting and teach themselves. Going to school year round isn't going to create life long learners.