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Brekke, Norman R. – 1983
Compared here is the cost of year-round education (YRE) with that of traditional education in the Oxnard (California) School District in 1981-82. Three approaches were used. The first computes the YRE program costs during the summer when the traditional school is not in session, revealing that an 850-student YRE school incurs $39,299 in costs…
Descriptors: Attendance, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Education
Brekke, Norman R. – 1985
The Oxnard School District initiated a Year Round Education (YRE) program beginning in 1976. In 1984 the district maintained eleven YRE schools and four traditional schools. All the YRE schools are on a 60-20 plan with four staggered YRE tracks and a fifth track offering a traditional school year calendar. This cost analysis outlines how the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Cost Effectiveness, Declining Enrollment
Gandara, Patricia; Fish, Judy – 1991
Outcomes of the Orchard Plan, an experiment designed to reorganize funding to support new models of instructional delivery, are described in this report. Basic elements of the program include an extended school calendar; a reorganization of categorical funding into intersession enrichment courses for at-risk students; a reduction in class size…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Attendance, Class Size
White, William D. – 1985
Year round school programs are more difficult to implement in secondary schools because of the nature of teaching and the seasonal organization of extracurricular activities in high schools. There is no one year round program that is desirable for all schools. When considering a year round program for the first time the following variables should…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Attendance, Developmental Continuity, Educational Planning
White, William D. – 1987
This report explores effects of a year-round schedule on pupil and teacher attendance in the Jefferson County, Colorado, School District. Information is drawn from a 1977 district study and from interviews with teachers and principals. Comparison of data on attendance before the program and after its first year found that attendance increased in…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Cost Effectiveness
Nebo School District, Spanish Fork, UT. – 1986
In 1972-73 Grant Elementary School began the first year-round school in Utah. The program involves changes for teachers and students, and increases both in the number of school days and teachers' salaries. Each teacher has one-fourth more students than the average classroom in the community; each teacher has one-fourth more days (45) in which to…
Descriptors: Attendance, Average Daily Attendance, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
