clsurz

It would not do for our kids to be in school until middle to end of June. We have temperatures up in the high 90's already. It would be just to hot and to many medical problems with that kind of heat.

Like I said we go back first week of August and are out by 3rd week in May usually. Temperatures are already hot in May let alone June, July, August where we experience temperatures in the high 90's to 112 degrees and thats not counting the heat index that comes with it or high humidity.

clsurz

Not where I grew up in Maine, back in the stone age. We went back towards end of July or early August but where let out a month to six weeks later to harvest potatoes on farms. As kids from age 5 on up we worked the fields from 5:30 until dark five days a week and if we had rain we had to work weekends as well to ensure the potatoes were all harvested before the cold weather set in.

clsurz

Not where I grew up in Maine, back in the stone age. We went back towards end of July or early August but where let out a month to six weeks later to harvest potatoes on farms. As kids from age 5 on up we worked the fields from 5:30 until dark five days a week and if we had rain we had to work weekends as well to ensure the potatoes were all harvested before the cold weather set in.

clsurz

My grandkids are ready to go back to school especially the 10 year old. She told me the other day she is tired from all her summer doings and needs a break and get back in school.

She spent her summer going to camp for two weeks and back and forth between her other grandparents home and mine and also our taking day trips here and there. :-)

pipp5

Ours start Aug 5 and we finished up the end of May. Summer just keeps getting shorter and shorter. I remember when I was in school it was a full 3 months.

Woodster

August 25th here in Raleigh. It seems they start early, then have tons of days off during the school year. When I rode my dinosaur to school, we only had the major holidays off, teachers did their extra work at night, not on special teacher days, had Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays off - not Presidents' Day, etc. Paper, pencils and books were provided FREE by the school. Imagine that!

ksea

Wow it seems like the rest of the country goes back before the kids here do, they start on Sept 6 and are done the firtst full week of June.

romanojg

Here in Norfolk the kids go back the first Tuesday after Labor Day in September and go until the middle of June

kathyd

First day for students is August 18. Cooks (like me) go in one day earlier to clean up the kitchen and get ready for all those hungry kids. I think some of these kids don't get many good meals when school isn't in. We see a difference in lunch counts after long weekends and holidays. Let's eat!

Julie in NM

Kids here 8/10! Teachers earlier..so sad.. But then out before Memorial day