Class is in session, year-round: Students arrive for 1st day of new Challenger 7 schedule

While summer break lasts a few more weeks for most Brevard kids, students at Challenger 7 Elementary School headed back to school Monday.

This year, Challenger is operating year-round, a plan proposed during the 2023-2024 school year by Megan Wright, school board chair.

It's not the first time Challenger 7 has welcomed students in the summer — about a decade ago, school was year-round there before the switch to a traditional schedule was made.

Rather than having a months-long break over the summer, students' breaks are spread out over the course of the year, with short breaks in fall, spring and summer, as well as breaks for Thanksgiving and winter holidays.

Finch Walker is the education reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Walker at fwalker@floridatoday.com . X: @_ finchwalker .

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