Why not convert all elementary schools to multi-track year-round calendars?
Some existing elementary schools have an insufficient number of classrooms to organize a multi-track calendar. Some schools have instructional programs (such as the Primary Years I.B. program) that would be severely limited by a multi-track program. Magnet schools have been established in order to fully utilize existing building capacity and to maintain diversity within schools in certain areas. They may be in older neighborhoods that lack sufficient children to fully utilize the school facility or they may be in socio-economically isolated neighborhoods comprised largely of low-income families, so they offer a program designed to draw voluntary enrollment from other areas of the county. Maintaining some elementary magnets on a single-track calendar that matches the single-track middle school and high school calendar will provide an additional reason for parents to consider enrollment in magnet schools over the convenience of enrolling in their geographically closer assigned school. Th
