School starts in Sept. right after Labor Day and ends in June. Period.
My son starts tomorrow.
That's the way it still is here in the Northeast, for the most part. I live on Long Island and grew up here. School has always ended around the 3rd week of June and started right after Labor Day. That's the way it still is. I couldn't imagine it being any other way.
That's just silly. Yes, we start earlier but we get out before Memorial Day. The school year is the same length!
My kids get two weeks off for Christmas and a week for Spring Break. There are also numerous "teacher planning" and conference days as well as Labor, Veteran's MLK, President's Day, the usual. Last year, many schools in Florida missed days for hurricane closures. My kids actually had to go to school two extra days to make up for them and we never even got a direct hit.
I'd much rather vacation in June and July than in August, when it is hot as Hades. I simply can't believe that schools in Miami-Dade don't have air conditioning as the rest of the schools in Florida apparently do!
And September in Florida is just as hot as August. It doesn't cool off here until October at the very earliest.
This is all much ado about nothing, IMHO!
Ummm...not if the schedule says differently.
However, I prefer my homeschooling schedule. I especially liked:
3. Cheat. Hey, this is Miami-Dade County! If we can't cheat, what's the point of living here?
Barry so gets it! Thanks for the pings nu. Still catching up.