I agree.
If the kids are off for the summer, they shouldn't have any homework during their vacation.
OTOH, summer vacation is an antiquated concept, dating back to the days when kids had to help with the farm chores during the growing season. Perhaps it's time to start keeping the kids in school all year long. At least the older ones, anyway. Maybe junior-high and above. Heck, college kids should be going year 'round for certain, prepare them for life in the real world.
The ironic thing is that college vacations are longer.
Now, since we don't get snow days usually or less important holidays like MLK Day off like many public schools, that may be an attempt at equalization.
But, summer vacation is a little bit longer, and Christmas vacation is a couple weeks longer than public schools' vacation.
Not that I am complaining. I love it. But, once I am out in the real world with a job, I can say goodbye to the long vacations.
All the more reason to enjoy them now I guess since we aren't like France with mandatory 5-week vacations for workers etc.
Most college kids and a lot of high school kids use their summer vacations to work. There are a lot of students who would be unable to afford to go to college year round.
And as a recent college grad who is now working full time, all year round, in many ways life in the real world is easier than life in college. The few vacations I do get are real vacations, unlike in college, when I spent them working. Also, when I get home from work I'm done for the day; I don't have homework to do or papers to write.