Or on the streets. Little kids will be at the baby-sitters or day care. The lucky ones will be at swimming pools and horse camp and tennis camp and computer camp. The really lucky ones will be in school. He was principal at Crest Hills School in Roselawn when it went to a 12-month academic year.
Parents love it.
Kids don't have much trouble adjusting. At first, students and some teachers at Crest Hills reported twinges of jealousy in early June when the nearly three months of vacation was starting at other schools. By now, most of the Crest Hills kids like their three-week break every nine weeks. Students who are falling behind spend two of those weeks getting help. During the third week, they can be off or take a week of extra classes such as music, writing or dance.