jansquiltn

Tuesday after labor day here.

rosiewell

San Francisco Bay area starts August 23rd and end June 9th

ejudy

My grandson will start Aug 10th if they can get all the FEMA trailers in and put together by then. Their school blew away in a tornado on April 14th, so they are having to find a place to have school.

Iamquilter

Her school starts Aug. 29.

Meme2six

My grandkids only have five weeks for summer at the school they attend. They started back July 15. Public schools start August 15. I can remember starting the day after Labor Day and needing a sweater!

QuiltingJaguar

Public schools in Jacksonville, FL start I believe the 18th of Aug. Some private schools have different starting dates.
When I grew up in PA we always started school after Labor day .

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."

cattailsquilts

My daughter starts on 8/8, but she gets out of school on 5/23.

teacherbailey

I'm a teacher----I go back August 2 (August 1 was our start date but it's now an unpaid furlough day) and the kids come back on August 8. That's pretty much the way it is in all of Metro Atlanta, I think....

grandme26

Schools around here start Aug. 15, tho grandson has been in football practice all week and next week starts twice a day practice. Temps 100*+ I will be glad because then my maid who comes every other week will not have to bring her son. He starts kindergarten this year and tho cute can get annoying when I want to cut some fabric.