joining us now are david hornak of the national association for year round education and christine campbell, the president of the west virginia teacher federn david you have a couple of schools in your district on the year round schedule, why are you such a fan of this approach. >> we know benefits firsthand to the benefits of the calendar. students and staff that operate on the calendar are able to take breaks for frequently and when students are actively engaging in learning they are more prepared to navigate the curriculum moving forward. couple that with the fact that we have our faculty that are practitioners and able to look back at where they've been and look forward to where they are going with periodic breaks. we find it is a great match. >> christine, you guys also have schools in your district on year round calendars, is it a good approach and a good fit for everybody and what are some of the downsides? >> we do have a couple of schools in one district that are on a balanced calendar. we have a couple of schools that were and have gone back to the traditional calendar based on th