Using Elkader (central location of our district) and open enrolling into Starmont, your looking at about a 20 mile trip one way. Here comes the math students! 40 miles round trip a day, times that by a 180 days of school (No matter the calendar, it is still 180 days of school). Total miles driven back and forth to school equals 7,200 miles. Remember that number. Now lets say you drive a vehicle that averages 20 miles to the gallon, take 7200 miles divided by 20 miles per gallon and you have 360 gallons of gas consumed in a school year. Lets pretend the government stays nice to us and gas is only $3.00 a gallon for the entire school year. Take 360 gallons of gas times by $3.00 a gallon and you have $1080 spent on gas for open enrolling into another school district. Now these numbers will change depending on location etc., but a person also has to consider wear and tear on a vehicle and the expense of an added 7200 miles per year.
Now here is the fun part (glass half full, not empty)! Remember the proposed calendar is still 180 days of school, whether you go to Central or any other school district. So if you decide not to open enroll out, take your +$1080 saved and Google how you can use that on one of our other breaks. Remember we are proposing a fall, winter, and spring break.
Here is a list of what I came up with (obviously you can tell my interests):
Fall Break
- All inclusive pheasant hunts
- All inclusive fishing trips
- All inclusive hog hunt
- A good portion knocked off of a big game hunt
Winter Break
- All inclusive ski trip
- Most expenses paid snow mobile trip
- All inclusive ice fishing
Spring Break
- All inclusive trip to Cancun
- Blue Marlin fishing trip
Many of these opportunities do not exist in our traditional calendar without missing school. I understand change is hard, but change can also bring opportunities that previously didn't exist.
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