Year-round education is an alternative way to construct a school's calendar so that students have blocks of instruction separated by short vacation periods. Students attend shorter academic schedules of 45, 60, or 90 days interspersed by vacations of 15, 20, or 30 days.
| Characteristics | Traditional | 45/15 Multitrack |
60/20 Multitrack |
90/30 Multitrack |
Orchard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Tracks | 1 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
| Number of Instructional periods | 2-4 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
| Length of periods | 45-90 days |
45 days |
60 days |
90 days |
60 days |
| Number of Instructional days | 180 |
180 |
180 |
180 |
180 |
| Length of vacations | 3 days-3 months |
15 days |
20 days |
30 days |
3/15 days |
| Number of vacations | 1 long |
4 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
| Maximum capacity gain (percent) | 0 |
33 |
33 |
33 |
25 |
| Features | Long instructional blocks, long vacation |
Frequent vacations |
Long instructional blocks |
Long instructional blocks, long vacation |
Teachers and students on vacation at the same time |
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Bryan Boyd | bboyd@cde.ca.gov | 916-445-4889
Last Reviewed: Wednesday, May 28, 2025
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