<P> Year - round schooling ( YRS ) has been present from the 1900s . YRS first appeared in urban areas , because they were not tied to the agriculture cycle . The first towns that implemented YRS were Chicago , Boston , Washington D.C. , Cleveland , Buffalo , and Detroit . These towns had schools sessions for 48 or more weeks at a time . The types of school schedules that were used were the 12 - 1 ( 12 weeks in school with 1 week break between the 12 weeks , which was more popular ) and 12 - 4 ( 4 weeks off in August and school ran continuous after ) . The first summer school was introduced in 1865 at the First Church of Boston , MA . In 1916 there would be 200 elementary schools offering summer school . In 1971 , a survey showed that 84 % of the surveyed educational authorities predicted that all United States schools would be year - round within 15 years . In 1973 , states that provided year - round schooling options were : Washington , Nevada , California , Utah , Arizona , Colorado , Minnesota , Illinois , Michigan , Georgia , Pennsylvania , Virginia , Florida , Vermont , and Kentucky . </P>
<P> Year - round schooling ( YRS ) has been present from the 1900s . YRS first appeared in urban areas , because they were not tied to the agriculture cycle . The first towns that implemented YRS were Chicago , Boston , Washington D.C. , Cleveland , Buffalo , and Detroit . These towns had schools sessions for 48 or more weeks at a time . The types of school schedules that were used were the 12 - 1 ( 12 weeks in school with 1 week break between the 12 weeks , which was more popular ) and 12 - 4 ( 4 weeks off in August and school ran continuous after ) . The first summer school was introduced in 1865 at the First Church of Boston , MA . In 1916 there would be 200 elementary schools offering summer school . In 1971 , a survey showed that 84 % of the surveyed educational authorities predicted that all United States schools would be year - round within 15 years . In 1973 , states that provided year - round schooling options were : Washington , Nevada , California , Utah , Arizona , Colorado , Minnesota , Illinois , Michigan , Georgia , Pennsylvania , Virginia , Florida , Vermont , and Kentucky . </P>
when was the first year round school established
when was the first year round school established
from the 1900s
from the 1900s