Are the schools in your area out yet?

[pstokely]

Today was the last day for most schools around here (they would have been out earlier this week if they didn't have snow days), most of them start again in mid-august (it's been like this for the last few years). It's only in the 60s today but it will probably be in the 90s in Mid-August. They probably schedule the calendar around the standardized tests. They'd save energy it they started after Labor Day and ended in early June. Many schools around here have only had AC for just a few years. Missouri requires 176 school days.

[AlCzervik]

1. june 6th is my daughter's last day. I think the new school year starts Aug.22nd.

[femmocrat]

7. Our calendar is almost the same!

Students get out June 7, teachers on June 8. We go back Aug. 22. :cry: Summers are definitely not as long as they used to be.

[pstokely]

8. Blame standardized testing

Many go back in August to squeeze in as many days as possible for test prep. Breaks during the school year have also gotten longer. The tourism lobby has gotten some states to regulate the school start dates.

[femmocrat]

11. Yes, that is part of it...

but in our district, it is the 10 inservice days that add two full weeks to the school year.

:grr:

[dropkickpa]

2. June 12 here

August 23rd to start back. Well, the public schools at least, don't know the others.

[pstokely]

10. That's less than 2 months

Is this a year round calendar?

[dropkickpa]

12. Nope

Pittsburgh just has a shit-ton of holidays, random off days, and snow days, and state law requires a minimum of 180 school days, so it works out that way. I personally would prefer less days off during the year and a longer summer (did when I went to school, too). They're not doing anything academic for pretty much the rest of the year, same as it was when I went to school, which is just fucking stupid.

At this point Dropkid is going apeshit and I'm about to lock her in a pen (she got into a fight with a 5th grade girl yesterday on the bus, after fighting with a boy 2 weeks ago). By December she'd reached all the benchmarks for advancement to 1st grade, so she's been bored silly in school, and a bored Dropkid is a "bad" Dropkid.

[Reverend_Smitty]

3. Nope...I don't think the schools around here are out until mid-June

on edit:

none of the schools have air conditioning so coming back to school before Labor day is pretty much out of the question

[femmocrat]

9. We don't have AC either, but we go back in Aug. We sweat a lot!

That is always the hottest part of summer, too!

[Reverend_Smitty]

13. ugh! That's gotta be brutal!

[u4ic]

4. Nope

I live across the street from (an elementary) one, and school's still in.

[seemunkee]

5. My daughter had her last exam today

Seniors are finished but the rest are in for another two weeks.

[DS1]

6. Probably

HS Graduation, the kids were out in force tonight

[tjwmason]

14. Next week is half-term

That is to say, a week's holiday midway between the Easter break and the summer break. Schools over here don't finish until mid-July then go back at the beginning of September.

[KitchenWitch]

15. My daughter gets out of school on June 21

and starts back Labor Day week.

Although I might for next year (not this coming year) put her in a year round school that goes 9 weeks on, 3 weeks off. Their school year starts in the middle of July.

[realisticphish]

16. i graduate from college June 10th

with 7th being the last day of finals

[Nicole]

17. June 1st is the last day here.

They usually get out the 3rd week of May but I think they started a week later this year.

[flamingyouth]

18. Not until June 22 here.

[unsavedtrash]

19. my last final for the semester was on May 9th.

I think high school let out last week.

[BarenakedLady]

20. June 21st

I think, though there may be a few snow days to make up.