Schools adopt extended year calendars for various reasons, including fuel conservation and improvement of educational opportunities for students. This article describes a program in Jefferson County (Colorado) established to alleviate overcrowding in a large suburban school district that failed to pass bond issues for funding new schools. (MLH)

Year-round education is doomed to fail, believes this educator. She feels that 12 months of the same kind of schooling we are offering today will only extend our existing problems. (Editor)

One school's experience - the good and the bad, the exciting and the frustrating - with year-round schooling is reported here. (Editor)

The extended school year can play havoc with traditional music programs, the writer says, because the continuity that is essential is disrupted. He describes how to cope with this problem. (Editor)

Schools adopt year-round plans for a host of reasons, writes this author, who feels that today's fuel shortages and other conservation concerns further justify schools operating 12 months of the year. (Editor)

Discusses various year-round education plans, their effect on student achievement and dropout rates, and their advantages and disadvantages. If a year-round schedule is to be successful, all parties, including parents, must be involved in the planning process. An 18-month planning period and clearly defined goals and objectives are essential. (17…

Describes the methods and results of an evaluation of a year-round junior high school program in the Bethel (Washington) school district. Discusses the opinions of teachers, students, and parents, and notes that tests revealed that student achievement levels were similar to those of a comparable district on a conventional schedule. (PGD)