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Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 23:36:39 UTC No. 16634319

Should school years be split in two? Instead of going from mid-August through the end of May or early September through late May or summer solstice, why not have two equally-long breaks from Christmas to the beginning of February and roughly summer solstice to the beginning of August? In this system, kindergarten would start twice a year at the beginning of the August and February semesters; students would advance twice a year, so on paper, no one in the same grade would be more than half a year apart in age. Most elementary schools already have multiple classrooms per grade, so there shouldn't be any issue regarding staff except for maybe extremely rural areas.

Pros:
-(Theoretically) no 6-year-olds going to kindergarten with kids who just turned 5
-More-or-less solves birthday cutoff dilemmas
-Not having to wait nearly a year for another school vacation longer than a week
-Not being stuck with a shitty teacher for an entire year of elementary school
-If behind, easier to catch up over a school break