As seen in a recent email sent out to all of the University of Arkansas, spring break 2021 has been taken away. I as well as others believe that it should be added back into the schedule. Spring break is a time in the second semester that students use to have a break from school. Taking this break away from the students is causing us to go the second semester with only small one or two day breaks at three points in the semester. The one to two day breaks are very helpful in lieu of the normal week long break, but a week long break is much more refreshing.

The University of Arkansas is taking away spring break because of COVID-19. March 2021 is five months away. The virus could very well be under control by then. It is far too early to decide if spring break occurs or not. It is also contradicting the choice the University of Arkansas made to combine fall break with Thanksgiving break. In a normal year the school will give us two small breaks, one for fall break and one for Thanksgiving. These two breaks were combined into one large break, so that is completely opposite of how spring break was handled. Once again, the virus could be much more under control by March 2021. 

The students of the University of Arkansas always enjoy having a week off in March. We are asking that spring break be put back into the schedule for the spring semester. Thank you.