For as long as most can remember, school has been based on a ten-month calendar. Although it was established for an agricultural society, it is still extremely common in today's urban society. The introduction of year-round education, while clearly making more sense for today's students, is still a relatively new concept and is therefore subject to much speculation. With benefits such as cleanup, better options for high-risk and ESL students, economic benefits, and greater structure/stability, it's a mystery why some oppose the idea of ​​implementing it on a larger scale. The traditional school calendar is what is comfortable. It's like the childhood blanket that no one wants to give up, but eventually has to. It just doesn't make sense anymore. Dr. Daniel A. Domenech opens his article: “Should Students Attend School Year-Round?” with this idea. He says this typical school system was originally established to give students time to help out on family farms. (Domenech). Domenech not only taught for 36 years in public education, but also served as president of the American Association of School Administrators, Inc. He is obviously very familiar with this topic and also with the debate over whether all schools should begin operate according to an annual calendar. . He goes on to say that it is no longer a predominantly agricultural society and it is an extremely outdated calendar. Mary O'Sullivan agrees with Domenech and further explains why the system was originally practical in her essay, “The 10-Month School Year: Are We Ignoring Educational Research to Preserve Summer Vacation? Finding a compromise between educational progress and over-schooling". O'Sullivan states: “…most of the middle-class school system…should be used in every school in the United States. Works Cited Domenech, Daniel. "Should students attend school year-round?" Spectrum: Journal of State Government 71 (): 24. Print.Huebner, Tracy A. “Year School.” Educational Leadership 67.7 (2010): 83-84.Print.Lynch, Matthew. “Year Schooling: How It Affects Students.” The Huffington Post (2014): n. page Web.O'Sullivan, Mary. "THE TEN-YEAR SCHOOL YEAR: DO WE IGNORE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH TO PRESERVE SUMMER HOLIDAYS? FINDING A COMPROMISE BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT AND OVERSCHOOLING." Brigham Young University Education & Law Journal 2 (2013): 395-415. PrintWeiss, Joel. "Growth support for the school all year round". Toronto Star (Canada)(2006): n. page Web.Wildavsky, Ben. "Students of the Summer." US News & World Report; 127.5 (1999): 52+.Web..