Summer school

[kellifer]

So, any and all assistance appreciated from my US counterparts... I have some specific questions about Summer School for a story that's been rolling around in my head for a little while. Since I'm is Aus and we don't really have it here... there's some things I don't know...

1. When does it run? Is it a specific time or is it up to the region/school (both the months and the hours - is it a 9-3 thing?).

2. Do you go for one subject/multiple/only the ones you need to make up (and on that...)

3. Is it likely to go if you've missed enough school through the year that you would fail otherwise?

4. Can you go to any summer school (not just the one run by the school you've just attended)?

Comments

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

People go to summer school for a couple different reasons. If they've failed a class and need to repeat it, they can do it in summer school, in order to not fall behind a year. It can also be for a special class that is specifically offered during the summer (the only summer school I ever did was a computer class in which we learned Basic). It could also be for an advance prep or enrichment program class.

The hours that you attend would certainly differ by district and also by what you were doing (my computer class was a couple of hours a day for one week). The sense that I have is that you'd spend a couple of hours a day for each class that you were taking, so if you were only doing one class it might just be mornings or afternoons, rather than the whole day.

There are programs that are run through schools other than the one the child is attending but those are mostly enrichment programs. Anything remedial would almost certainly be conducted by the school district the child attends, although he/she might have to go to a different building than usual.

Hope that helps some.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

Thankyou so much!