Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Minister indicated that we are not necessarily in a situation where the populations of our schools are so great that perhaps they do not warrant year-round schooling, but I do not think that that was our greatest consideration for looking at year-round schooling. If I
remember correctly, one of the greatest concerns is that the summer break, which is two months long, is too long. If there were perhaps three semesters with a month in between, or shorter periods in between, that type of thing, then it would be better for the students and perhaps for the parents as well, who have to make all types of adjustments so that you can accommodate having your children out of school for two solid months. I know that last year, looking in the papers, that some school-age teenagers were interviewed and they had said that the summer break was too long and some kids are glad to get back into school so that there is an organized consistency to their day-to-day activities. I just wanted to indicate that although this may be one way of dealing with a burgeoning school population, that was not, I believe, meant to be the main factor in looking at this. It was to try to ensure that our kids can make it through high school and I suppose, in particular, to get over that grade 10 bump that we find all too often. If I could get a comment on that please?