Why Kids Should Have Less Days of School
“Johnny, are you ready for dinner,”
“No, I have four pages of math homework to do by tomorrow, I’m so stressed out, If only school did not last as long.” Johnny and many other depressed kids in loudoun county need your help! Loudoun County Public Schools have at least 20 extra days of school than other counties around Virginia. This is a waste of our funding and causes extra stress for students and teachers. Therefore Loudoun County needs to take away all of these extra days and that would solve these problems. Here is my evidence why.
Between projects to homework, from teachers to classes, school creates stress. This is my first reason of why Loudoun County Public schools should have less school days. 40% of high schooler parents say that their child is experiencing school related stress. One of the biggest causes of that was homework. Much of this stress is academic related. Therefore If we were to shorten the school year much of this …show more content…
At least 31 states provided less state funding per student in the 2014 school year. In 2016 12 states proposed even more cuts. At this rate,soon there will be next to no funding left. If were to have a shorter school year, then we will have more budgeting for schools and extracurricular activities that would help lower the stress.
You may say that if there is no school, that your child will have nowhere to go. I have a solution though, DayCare! If your child is 13 and above they can stay home, but if your child is younger they can go to daycare and here is why. You will know what is expected of you. Many times something could come up with your child and you're not prepared, but when your child is at daycare nothing can really come up. The arrangement is stable too. If a teacher is sick then they have others. Also, they have a good mix of activities, whereas if a child was at home they could easily get
“Johnny, are you ready for dinner,”
“No, I have four pages of math homework to do by tomorrow, I’m so stressed out, If only school did not last as long.” Johnny and many other depressed kids in loudoun county need your help! Loudoun County Public Schools have at least 20 extra days of school than other counties around Virginia. This is a waste of our funding and causes extra stress for students and teachers. Therefore Loudoun County needs to take away all of these extra days and that would solve these problems. Here is my evidence why.
Between projects to homework, from teachers to classes, school creates stress. This is my first reason of why Loudoun County Public schools should have less school days. 40% of high schooler parents say that their child is experiencing school related stress. One of the biggest causes of that was homework. Much of this stress is academic related. Therefore If we were to shorten the school year much of this …show more content…
At least 31 states provided less state funding per student in the 2014 school year. In 2016 12 states proposed even more cuts. At this rate,soon there will be next to no funding left. If were to have a shorter school year, then we will have more budgeting for schools and extracurricular activities that would help lower the stress.
You may say that if there is no school, that your child will have nowhere to go. I have a solution though, DayCare! If your child is 13 and above they can stay home, but if your child is younger they can go to daycare and here is why. You will know what is expected of you. Many times something could come up with your child and you're not prepared, but when your child is at daycare nothing can really come up. The arrangement is stable too. If a teacher is sick then they have others. Also, they have a good mix of activities, whereas if a child was at home they could easily get