Year-Round Fact Sheet

Multi-track, year-round

• Students attend 180 days on each track
• Students stay with the same teacher the entire school year
• The year is divided into four quarters with 45 days of instruction followed by 15-day breaks
• Students and their teachers attend one of four tracks, each with its own 45/15 calendar
• At any given time, three tracks of students and their teachers are in school and one track is on vacation
• Each time students and their teachers return from a break, they move to another classroom
• Teachers have the same number of planning days on year-round as traditional calendar
• Students and teachers have the same holidays on year-round as traditional calendar
  

Benefits of Year-round calendar

• Multi-track schools can accommodate 20-33 percent more students in a building
• Saves on construction costs by better utilizing available space
• Saves on operating costs (for example, 6 classes of students can share 5 sets of textbooks, equipment, furniture)
• The 15-day breaks provide a time for enrichment and remedial opportunities for students
• For every three schools on a multi-track year-round calendar, that's one school you don't have to build