Year-round school in the United States
Year round school; YEAR ROUND SCHOOLING; Year round schooling; Year-round schools; Year-round schooling; Year-round school
Year-round school is the practice of having students attend school without the traditional summer vacation, which is believed to have been made necessary by agricultural practices in the past, the agrarian school calendar consisted of a short winter and a short summer term, so students could help with planting in the spring and harvest in the fall. In cities, schools were open most of the year (In 1842, New York City schools were open 248 days a year, although school attendance was not yet mandatory).