Answer:
Economic Benefit of a 12 months School Year
1. It helps to reduce cost
2. Potential Savings
Cost of a 12 months School Year
1. It's about 3% increase than conventional school.
2. Transition cost.
3. Operation cost.
Explanation:
The 12 months School Year often means school whose educational schedule or calendar has been altered from the conventional type of school, such that instruction days are grouped into smaller units so as to accommodate frequent breaks throughout the year. Hence, most of the time, the conventional 180 days do not get exceeded unlike the conventonal school.
Benefits of a 12months School Year.
It helps to reduce cost:- the capital outlay for physical structures, staffing, administrative functions and operations will be avoided.
Potential savings:- there's full exploitation of school facilities, through multiple users by sharing educational resources for optimum use. There increasing the cost benefits of the facilities.
Cost of a 12 month School year.
Although, it still a money well spent when one consider the benefits gained in running 12 month year school, yet it's about 3% increase than the conventional schools in annual expenditures.
Transition cost: the cost of transition such as planning, development of personnel, stroge facilities etc.
Operation cost: this includes cost of maintenance of facilities, refill and replace cost of utilities etc.
