President Obama says he would like to shorten summer vacation and extend hours on school days.

He wants our students to be more competitive with other kids around the world.

The report released by the Associated Press says president obama believes kids spend too little time in the classroom.

The principal at Prestonsburg High School says adding more hours to the day and more days to the school year, is not the option he hopes the government takes.

Vacations like going to the beach or spending time at the swimming pool could be shortened soon if the school year is extended.

“I don't agree with it at all,” PHS Senior Brittany Peppi says.

President Obama would like to extend the school year to make kids more competitive with others around the world. PHS teacher Lori Bricken says the summer is not about time away from the books, it's about family as well.

“What makes America so great is our family values,” Bricken says “Summer is tough for our family. To me it’s time when I get to spend with my children and my husband.”

“Spending that time together, that's how they transfer values and transfer our culture to the next generation,” Bricken says.

Prestonsburg High School Principal Ted George says extending the year is not needed at his school.

‘We've had the highest test scores this year than we've ever had at Prestonsburg High School and we missed more school last year in the winter than we've missed in previous years,” George says.

President Obama would also like to see schools open up on the weekends to keep children safe as well.

“You’re looking at a lot of money that would have to go in to the school just to keep the building open,” George says.

Peppi is worried that more kids would drop out instead of staying in school.

“We don't want that,” Peppi says. “We're trying to put back in to school. To stay out of poverty and hopefully keep the college rates going up.”

George says there's one positive to President Obama's idea of having schools in session on some Saturdays.

“We’re providing food and safety and having them here as opposed to having them out where we don't have control of them,” George says.

But George says the process would take a lot of time and planning to extend the school year.

George says the President should look at all the options before proposing the idea of shortening summers for kids.

He says they should look at test scores throughout the nation before coming to a decision.