Year-round school, also known as “balanced calendar,” is a new idea that is spreading across the United States. When most people hear the term “year-round school,” they often think that school will literally last all year. In reality, year-round school is still the 180 days that would be a nine-month school year. The 180 days span all 12 months of the year and students receive frequent breaks throughout the year. Schools that decide to use a balanced calendar have the opportunity to choose how many days to spend in school and how many days to spend on break. The most common timetable used is 45 days at school and 15 days off. There are also two types of year-round school systems. Single track is when all students are placed in the same program. They all attend school on the same days and all have the same days off. Multitracking occurs when students are placed with subsets. In an article discussing the year-round school overview they explain multitracking, “…the student body is divided into three or four subsets. The four subsets rotate holidays, so that three groups of students attend school during a given term” (Chittom). While year-round school is not something most Americans are accustomed to, it is much more beneficial than the original nine-month school. The nine-month school has been around for a long time, but it is also obsolete. The nine-month school was a way to help farmers keep their children home for extra help during the summer months. Now more and more people live in cities and farmers have advanced equipment. Year-round school is a great way to give students and teachers more frequent breaks during the school year so they don't burn out. It will also reduce revision times each year and allow teachers to teach more during the school year. The multi-tracking system allows this