School start dates
#81
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 718
Our schools do not start until the Wednesday after Labor Day..and we are out the firt week of June. Just depends on how many snow days we have to use. One year we had to use 4 or 5..so they added X number of minutes on to each class and day, so we did not have to make school go longer in June. Our children get 3 full months off.
#86
Originally Posted by sosewcrazy
Originally Posted by GailG
I haven't read the whole thread yet, but the person who mentioned AC in the schools was right. It is possible to begin in August with AC in the classrooms. The excessive heat and humidity is terrible here in South Louisiana sometimes as late as October. I can remember being a student (40's and 50's) trying to combat knats and perspiration. I have terrible memories of trying desperately not to swallow knats while playing my clarinet in band class. YUK. Another reason for the early start is that there are more holidays. Our parish has holidays such as Labor Day, Sugar Cane Festival Friday (teachers have inservice day and children have a holiday. Many students bring animals to the fair.), Thanksgiving week (teachers have state meetings), Christmas Holiday (of course it's not called that), Martin Luther Kind Day, Mardi Gras, Spring Break (Easter). Also twice a month, teachers have inservice on Thursday afternoon, thus giving early dismissal to the students. This year they begin around Aug 9 and end the last week of May. The local colleges start their summer sessions early in June, so students who participate in summer programs must be done with reg. school to be able to attend. As a teacher, I loved beginning early. I always went two weeks early on my own time to get my classroom set up and ready to go. I still get a little bit of the blues at this time of the year. It was my favorite time...just raring to go. The older I got, the more I appreciated those holidays. I needed to re-charge "my batteries."
#90
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: NC
Posts: 644
In our area of NC they made start date no earlier than August 25. So that's the start date. I have no kids to worry about but husband teaches at the community college and he will go back a little before the 25th I think.
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