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2001 Budget Analysis: Longer Middle School Year
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Number of Schools With
 Grades 6-9 Enrollment

Elementary Schools

Grades K-6

1,966

Grades K-8

580

Other elementary combinations

99

Subtotal, Elementary

(2,645)

Middle Schools /Junior High Schools

Grades 6-8

706

Grades 7-8

341

Other middle schools

101

Subtotal, Middle Schools

(1,148)

High Schools

Grades 9-12

826

Other high schools

42

Subtotal, High Schools

(868)

Other

Grades K-12

13

Continuation high schools

517

Alternative schools

231

Special education schools

116

Community day schools

98

All other schools

93

Subtotal, Other

(1,068)

Total

5,729

Total schools in state

8,331

Percent of schools with 
 grades 6-9 students

69%

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We recommend the Legislature redirect the $100 million proposed for longer middle school year to a block grant targeted at middle schools and high
schools with high numbers of students in need. (Delete Item 6110-192-0001—$100 million.) 
The one-size-fits-all approach of the longer middle school year proposal fails to recognize the complexity and diversity of problems that middle schools face. It
also fails to address the fact that student achievement problems persist through high school. In our earlier discussion of "K-14 Education Priorities," in this
chapter, we propose a $500 million block grant that lets school districts flexibly address the needs of those middle schools and high schools facing the most
difficult problems. Our recommended approach has three main components:
Target Middle and High Schools. We recommend the Legislature
target high schools as well as middle schools because assessment results suggest
that high school students struggle even more than students in lower grades.
Also, many high schools probably need additional resources to help assure that
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Learn how John and Patty are finding creative ways to stay active indoors —and how they eat healthy even when they don’t have fresh fruits and vegetables.

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As we’re getting older, being active has become more of a challenge for us. Patty’s doctor recently prescribed a walker for her after she had a fall. But our neighborhood has a lot of hills, and the sidewalks are bumpy and cracked. And since we don’t own a car to drive to the park, getting active outside isn’t the safest option.
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Guide to Environmental Education Programs in California State Parks

This convenient and useful guide provides basic information about educational programs in our parks. The parks are sorted by county and each has a contact phone number listed. The guide details which parks provide the following types of programs: Natural History field trips, Cultural Heritage field trips, Environmental Studies (day events), Environmental Living (overnight events), Junior Rangers, Litter-Getters, and Junior Lifeguards. We do our best to keep this guide as up-to-date as possible, but please be sure to contact the park in which you're interested to verify program availability and any other logistical arrangements that may need to be made prior to your visit.
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Our Child Nutrition Programs (CNP) offer meals and snacks in schools, parks, and other community agencies.
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2001 Budget Analysis: Longer Middle School Year
that middle school students in the United States receive 980 hours of instruction annually, which exceeds the average for countries in the
Organisation for
Economic Cooperation and Development. Since instructional time for California middle schools falls within the approximate range of other American states,
California middle school students annually receive more hours of instruction than students in either Japan or Korea. This is because Japanese and Korean
students spend more of their day on noninstructional activity—such as at-school study periods—than California students. Moreover, Japanese and Korean
teachers spend less time instructing pupils because they spend more of their day than their California counterparts in activities such as class preparation, grading
papers, and staff development.

Figure 1

Instructional Time for
 14-Year-Old Students

1998
 (Hours per Year)

Country

Hours of Instruction

Netherlands

1,067

United States

980

France

975

International Average a

944

Denmark

930

Germany

921

Czech Republic

869

Japan

875

Korea

867

Norway

855

England

720

a International
 average includes 16 additional Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
 Development (OECD) countries that submitted data.

Source: OECD Education Database.

Another important distinction in how time is used in different countries involves the proportion of instructional time devoted to core academic subjects, which
is much higher in Japan and many other countries than in California. Figure 2 shows the number of hours a high school student spends annually
on core academic subjects (such as math and language arts). The figure indicates, for instance, that American students spend significantly less than half the time
on core subjects as in Japan, France, and Germany. California time requirements for instruction in the core academic subjects may be slightly higher than the
national average, but are still significantly below the requirement in Japan, France, and Germany. While the data available from the international studies shown
in Figures 1 and 2 are for different grade levels, the data generally suggest that students in the United States spend as much or more time in classes, but receive
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The School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study

This study compares the nutrients provided in school meals and the nutrients consumed by students with several standards. Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) are the daily intake levels of essential nutrients that are adequate to meet the nutrient needs of practically all healthy persons.