‘Spread the holidays around’ to stop term-time vacations

CHANGING term times would tackle the problem of parents taking their children out of school for holidays, according to a leading travel agent.
Uniglobe managing director Fred Eulenkamp believes if school holidays were spread out throughout the year, it would be easier and cheaper to go abroad.
‘I have never taken my children out of school to go on holiday,’ he said.
‘But I think one of the causes of the problem is the way school holidays have been arranged.
‘If there was a more spread-out system it would give parents more time to travel instead of having the high seasons of demand.’
Reports suggest that various special offers have swayed more parents to take their children out of school.
But Mr Eulenkamp defended the price hikes during peak times.
‘When there is more usage of something and therefore less availability, prices are going to be higher.’
An Education Department spokesman said it would be difficult to change the term times because of a link with the UK for exams.
‘The Education Department has periodically reviewed different models used by some schools in England and Wales,’ said the spokesman (from thisisguernsey)