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Wendy McGahey and her 5-year-old daughter sat patiently under a shade tree on the quiet Tarrant County College campus in Hurst．
Suddenly, students burst from buildings, flooding the courtyard while carrying backpacks．
Mrs．Mcgahey greeted her two sons with typical mom questions：“Did you find your classes OK? What did you learn today?” Her boys, aged 9 and 10, aren't college students yet．But for three weeks in the summer, they invade the classrooms in the popular College for Kids program．They spend mornings marching around the campus to maths, paleontology and stock market classes．
“It's definitely not the summer that we grew up with．” said Mrs, McGahey, a North Richland Hills resident．“There wasn't a lot of computer learning when we were kids．”
Welcome to the new summer vacation．
It's a time in some communities that has become a mixed extension of the school year．
With more camps, programs and activities than ever, many children are spending the summer in structured or academic programs and less time riding bikes or running in the sprinkler．
As more moms and dads both work full time, city and school district programs keep kids entertained in a safe environment in the summer．Some parents, like those in Southlake Carroll, requested additional academic programs in the summer．
But with some schools starting in early August, the too many summer opportunities can overpower families and leave little time for sleeping late and playing with friends．
Kelsey Crawford, 9, of Southlake spends her summer in a school district camp and other camps and classes for basketball, golf and cooking．She also takes some time to do lessons．
She says she enjoys summer but sometimes wishes she had more time to take it all in．
“I'd like to practice my basketball or my diving．” she says．“I don't always have the time to practice what I've learned in the camps．”
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