Who wants round school years at Unis Middle School? Most people would not to spend most of their summer at school. Year round school years have the same breaks and school days off. Both a year round school year, and a regular year, have the same amount of school days. The only difference is year round school years attend only  45 days then they get 15 days off. The usually holiday breaks are included. There is only 3,181 year round schools in American, according to https://www.statisticbrain.com.

Emily Bartley, a math coach at Unis Middle School, stated, “ I think round school years can help us with some of the summ er learning loss that students are experiencing, but I also love summer vacations and people spending time with their family and traveling overseas.” She also expressed how students would react to having round school year. She added, “ I think some of the students might be upset at first, but after seeing they get the 15 day break as often as they would, they might like it.”

Rhonda Lancaster, a teacher at Unis Middle Schools, doesn’t want round school years. She claimed, “I think round school year will benefit some students, but not all, depending on the student ”. Most of the students would not want round school year. Students want their summer. She also added “The students wouldn’t be pleased, I don’t think I would teach year round school year”.

A student from Unis Middle school, Hadi Hassan, an 8th grader responded to round school years, “I’ll be shocked, really shocked, because we need long breaks. I would do School of Choice if Unis Middle school had a round school year.” Most of the students at Unis Middle School would probably not be pleased if Unis Middle School had round school year.

In conclusion, at Unis Middle School most of the students would most likely not want round school years. They would probably prefer the whole 3 months of the summer off. Most of the teachers would want their summer breaks, too.

Ali Beydoun

Middle School Journalist