Students and teachers, how would you like to have a shorter summer vacation — but a few more breaks during the year?
That’s a potential schedule that the Mount Vernon School District is looking at.
Superintendent Ismael Vivanco said part of the motivation for the change is that the district wants to eliminate what is known as the ‘summer slide’ — the loss in learning that can occur when students get out of the rhythm of school and forget material over the near three-month summer break.
State Superintendent Chris Reykdal has advocated for a more balanced school calendar to eliminate the summer slide.
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