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Do your kids return to school in the heat of August?
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While some of us are starting to think/hope that our kids will return to school, others are actively preparing by buying school clothes and lunch boxes, and yet others are already sending their kids on the school buses and enjoying that first cup of coffee in blissful silence. It seems like summer vacation used to mean just that: a vacation that lasted the duration of the summer. But now some schools head back to school in the early part of August. As much as I tire of toting my children to and fro during the hot months, I think school belongs to the months between September and June. Apparently I am not the only parent with these thoughts. Some parents are making efforts to extend the summer break until after Labor Day, giving families the entire month of August to frolic, bond, travel.
This year my kids start school on September 5, the day after Labor Day, and incidentally, my birthday. This seems like a reasonable start day, not to mention a fabulous birthday present for me. What about you? When do your kids fly the coop for the hours between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.? Does it work for you? Would you rather them start school in August?
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
8-08-2006 @ 5:47PM
Ginny said...We live in Florida so even if they started in Sept, it'd be hot. My son started kindergarten today coincidentally. (SIGH) So, yes, he goes in the heat and in the beginning of August.
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8-08-2006 @ 5:56PM
callistawolf said...My son's school is year round, so he went back to school a month ago. It's strange, only having June off during the summer. Makes summer (in the traditional sense) seem very short. It's nice having him out of the house and occupied, but explaining to him why he has to wear shoes and socks when he wants to wear sandles (due to dress code) and having to sit outside the school in the heat of the day gets awful old awful fast.
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8-08-2006 @ 6:08PM
Cathy said...Our schools start on Friday. I like the idea of year-round schools with more frequent but shorter breaks than the regular school calendar.
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8-08-2006 @ 6:20PM
ann adams said...We start August 14th. I'm torn. I'd rather see a slightly shorter vacation time with mini breaks during the year (if they can't extend the total number of days).
I'm counting down. It's been too long a break by about two weeks. We get out early in June when it's still relatively cool here. If we extended the school year a couple of weeks to late June, they could go back the day after Labor Day.
Our year round system was awful and we discontinued it a few years ago. 3/4 of the kids were in school at the same time; the other 1/4 were off. Supposedly it cleared classroom space but it was terribly difficult for working parents who could deal with one long stretch of child care in the summer but not with the on and off system we had. Families had to fight the schools to make sure all their kids were on the same "track". Mine were.
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8-08-2006 @ 7:03PM
Angie said...Michigan just enacted a law to push the start of school until after Labor Day to boost the vacation industry. Before that, it was starting earlier and earlier in August.
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8-08-2006 @ 7:51PM
Christine said...We get out in May and Go back on 8/14.
I think here it is great... it is much better to be in the A/C during the hotter part of the summer.. and have extra time off early when it is still cool enough to actually play outside.
(Arizona)
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8-08-2006 @ 8:40PM
Robin P said...My daughter starts school Aug 29th. I hate it because it cuts our vacation time short. What would be the big deal if she started one week later after Labor Day?? At
least we would have the entire month of Aug off. I hate that she goes back so early.
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8-09-2006 @ 12:44AM
katrina said...Schools started this past Monday. We live in Monterey CA right on the coast so a warm day means its maybe 70....so it never really feels like summer. I am all for year round school with frequent longer breaks.
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8-09-2006 @ 9:35AM
Allison said...In New England, schools generally don't have air conditioning. This is why most don't start until a few days before or after Labor Day. August would be way too hot to be in school!
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8-09-2006 @ 10:10AM
Laura Snow said...Here in The Netherlands summer break is VERY short... 6 weeks usually. My son's last day was in the first week of July and he goes back on August 14th. Here there are a lot of little holidays during the year though, more than I ever noticed in the USA so perhaps that's the reasoning behind it...and schools here don't have A/C.. homes don't either.
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8-09-2006 @ 1:03PM
Victoria said...For us, school ended June 10 and they go back August 16. Our district has a one-week break in October in addition to two-week breaks in Dec/Jan and April. I love the October break - it's a great time to take a short vacation - no crowds!
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8-11-2006 @ 8:39PM
Willie said...My daughter started back on August 10th. It seems to me that I remember getting out of school in early June and going back after Labor Day every year. That always put us out during the very hottest days of summer. I don't see why they can't do that again. They are also talking about starting a year-round school here, too. I don't know if I would like that too much. I know my daughter says she wouldn't. She just started Middle School this year.
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