one solution would be longer school years (doesn't have to be a 'year-round' calendar) with maybe an hour or hour-and-a-half less class time per day. but that costs more in terms of food service, transportation, building upkeep, and so forth; plus extra child care burden on parents when most families don't have a 'stay at home' parent these days.

I know, instead of not paying teachers lets have twice as many teachers/teachers on call all day, and still not pay them.

remembers CGP grey’s rule

Hexagons are the bestagons?