Year-round schools gaining attention

 
By Wendy K. Kleinman
Published: June 8, 2008

Students at three schools in Oklahoma City finally got out of school this week, though their summers will be shorter than most.

They attend year-round schools, a model that one principal says has significant advantages.

"We have less reteaching time,” Sequoyah Elementary Principal Montie Koehn said of how a shorter, eight-week summer means students return more ready to learn.

"It cuts down on chaos,...


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