Richmond Schools Chief Proposes Year-Round School
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15 responses to “Richmond Schools Chief Proposes Year-Round School”
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Andrew Jackson’s greatest strength was his ability to stake out the high ground of what he thought was the best course for the nation to follow. Jackson would then marshal the necessary political power and the support of the public to carry out his policies. It worked every time. Weak minded leaders of Jackson’s era would tend to follow the currents of popular opinion and entrenched political machines.
Kamras is right. But he lacks the necessary leadership and charisma to lead the politicians and public to the correct goal of permanent year round schools. Great idea but wrong public figure to get there. Sort of like Franklin Pierce or Millard Fillmore.
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You may prove right, but we all here wish him well. I think I’ll tune in Tuesday night.
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Andrew Jackson’s greatest strength was his ability to stake out the high ground of what he thought was the best course for the nation to follow. Jackson would then marshal the necessary political power and the support of the public to carry out his policies. It worked every time. Weak minded leaders of Jackson’s era would tend to follow the currents of popular opinion and entrenched political machines.
Kamras is right. But he lacks the necessary leadership and charisma to lead the politicians and public to the correct goal of permanent year round schools. Great idea but wrong public figure to get there. Sort of like Franklin Pierce or Millard Fillmore.
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You may prove right, but we all here wish him well. I think I’ll tune in Tuesday night.
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Gonna need some A/C on the EV buses and in the schools?
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I agree. Year-round school is necessary. It’s one of the few things Kamras has proposed that can make a positive difference. He deserves support on this.
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I agree. Year-round school is necessary. It’s one of the few things Kamras has proposed that can make a positive difference. He deserves support on this.
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Would this include teachers working 240 days a year like the rest of the population?
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Would this include teachers working 240 days a year like the rest of the population?
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This sounds like the kind of undertaking that will require considerable analysis and planning. Better get NAH, LLC on the job right away. Time is of the essence, let’s not fool around with bids or contracts.
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This sounds like the kind of undertaking that will require considerable analysis and planning. Better get NAH, LLC on the job right away. Time is of the essence, let’s not fool around with bids or contracts.
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Really what they need is a longer school year next year. Aside from special needs students getting more instruction, I don’t see how this corrects any of the issues created by Covid. I am not particularly pro- or anti-year round schooling but generally it’s a wash in terms of days of schooling for students. Really they should just tack on 20 days to the beginning and end of the calendar if they feel the students need to make up instruction time.
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Your question is a good one, but there are two key reasons I support the change:
– the extra class time available intersession for kids who are really far behind. This gives the time to address such cases a the half of Black 4th graders who could not read in 2019 and now have missed a year of classroom time.
– the permanent fix that year-round schooling offers for the annual summer vacation learning losses. That period is just too long.
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Really what they need is a longer school year next year. Aside from special needs students getting more instruction, I don’t see how this corrects any of the issues created by Covid. I am not particularly pro- or anti-year round schooling but generally it’s a wash in terms of days of schooling for students. Really they should just tack on 20 days to the beginning and end of the calendar if they feel the students need to make up instruction time.
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Your question is a good one, but there are two key reasons I support the change:
– the extra class time available intersession for kids who are really far behind. This gives the time to address such cases a the half of Black 4th graders who could not read in 2019 and now have missed a year of classroom time.
– the permanent fix that year-round schooling offers for the annual summer vacation learning losses. That period is just too long.
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