This document is a compilation of charts that outline the major activities conducted in the study, planning, and preparation phases of the Virginia Beach, Virginia, 45-15 year-round education pilot program. The critical incidents chart identifies the major events of this period from the initiation of a feasibility study through the actual pilot…

The purpose of this study was to discover the effect of the 45-15 pilot program on youth-oriented community services in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Questionnaires, telephone interviews, mail, and personal interviews were used to collect data from agencies such as parks and recreation, libraries, Little League, churches, scouting groups, music and…

Interest in extending the school year to make more efficient use of school facilities has been long standing. The most popular method of extending the school year is the summer session. Although widely popular with administrators, teachers, parents, and students, the summer session suffers from the same limitation as other extended school year…

The year-round school operation of the Valley View School District is described from its planning stages through the implementation of the plans. A "45-15 Plan" provides for each pupil forty-five days of instruction and fifteen equivalent days of vacation. With the cycle repeated four times each year, one-fourth of the pupils are on…

This literature review, based on abstracts of documents announced in RIE, compiles information on the rescheduled school year. Following the review is a list of the 18 documents cited, their costs, and availability. (LLR)

While most administrators are primarily interested in the economies offered by the extended school year, it is the opportunities for increasing educational quality which should receive primary attention. The knowledge explosion in the past 70 years dictates this focus. There are four basic ways of rescheduling the school year: (1) The staggered…

A comprehensive bibliography lists, describes, and annotates 249 sources of pertinent information about extended school year programs. Materials are organized by (1) books, pamphlets, articles, and reports; (2) theses and abstracts; (3) filmstrips and bibliographies; and (4) popular articles. This edition also contains a listing of the Dade…

Because the year-round school, if adopted, produces change in the way of the lives of students, their parents, school staff, and possibly much of the community, an information dissemination program about the year-round school must be broader, more inclusive, and better planned and executed than any other innovative program in a school district.…

This publication presents 22 annotated items from the ERIC collection on community schools. The literature reviewed covers such topics as development of a community education program, the role of the community school director, year-round community schools, financing community education, the community education curriculum, and community education…

This report contains a State-by-State compilation of data obtained from responses to questionnaires sent to State departments of education, legislative service agencies, State school boards associations, and State offices of the NEA and of the AFT. The information from these responses was supplemented by material gathered from a review of…

The Valley View 45-15 Continuous School Year Plan, begun by the Valley View School District 96, Lockport, Illinois, in June 1970, calls for each student to attend school 45 schooldays and then have a 15-schoolday vacation. Thus, only three-fourths of the entire student body is in school at one time, resulting in a 33% increase in classrooms…

This address describes how one school district overcame the problems of too many students for the available classroom space and of insufficient funds to provide additional classrooms. In one school a year-round program for students in grades one through six was proposed and supported by parents and teachers. A school calendar was established that…

Description of a parent-initiated open-education year-round elementary school. (IRT)

Discusses year-round education (YRE) as a voluntary philosophical orientation within school districts. Presents a group of common organizational patterns that schools throughout the nation have successfully developed when implementing voluntary YRE programs. Includes discussion of the academic and scheduling benefits of YRE programs. (MD)

The September-June calendar makes little sense instructionally or academically, as it was designed for the agricultural economy of the early 1800s. This article suggests that year-round education, originally a response to overcrowding, can benefit students' learning process, increase attendance, and reduce vandalism and instructional costs per…