My classroom doesn't have AC!! Anyone who complains about having it is really lucky.

We go back on the 25th. And I have highschoolers.

Same here in TN tho the state has decreed to start moving the date up starting next year. It's nice to get out in May but the kids really don't get much time for summer and sometimes it's hard for the parents to plan vacations.

Bless your heart! I keep 3 little girls just on Saturday most weeks ages 2 to almost 7, sometimes 5, the oldest two are worse! I'm ready for them to go home when the time comes!

my grandaughter is 6 be in first grade starts aug18 i am going to miss her during the day bless all the teachers and i had some of the best thanks to all of you teachers

I appreciate you all too!! :thumbup: :thumbup:

I will try to explain as it is in our area in central IN....for very many years our statewide testing was in mid-Sept. Testing is so high-stakes that schools went to starting earlier and earlier in Aug. in order to get in that much needed review. Now testing has moved to spring but most schools have not changed.

I heard on the news this morning that one of the larger districts in the Indpls area went back today. They are going on a year-round balanced calendar that is something like 9 weeks in school 2 weeks off and then maybe a month in the summer. Later this week and next week many of the other school districts in central IN are going back. One comment I read over and over is that we are no longer an agricultural based society so our calendars do not need to reflect that.

There has been a push each fall by somebody to get the legislature to mandate an after-Labor Day starting date for all schools. This poses problems as well...for one thing, the date for Labor Day is different each year. On the years that it is late (like the 6th or 7th) it would be well into June when school is scheduled to dismiss for the summer. What happens if there are several snow days to make up in June? It is conceivable that school could last almost the entire month of June.

Another issue that we have to deal with at my school (and I imagine others deal with, as well)...Little League baseball and softball start earlier and earlier each year now that we have gone to Daylight Saving Time in early March! From that point on we are struggling with families who do not understand that school needs to come first and are allowing their children to stay up way too late at night. And, to be very honest with you, the days we are in school past Memorial Day are pretty much wasted days. All the little ones can think about is getting home to play in the pool or ride bikes.

Actually, the real solution would be a late Aug (like about the 25tth-28th) start and shortening up Xmas vacation so that we could still be out by about Memorial Day. But, I am guessing that since most schools in our area are air-conditioned now...we will probably end up on a year-round calendar before too long (I have read where our esteemed state supt of ed wants to add days to the magic 180 we have now). There are both pros and cons to year-round school. Personally, I will retire if that happens. I turned 55 in July and am now eligible for early-retirement. I still like teaching my kdg kids but the day will come....

Sorry my post is so long. Just wanted to explain to those who maybe have always wondered about school calendars!

My GD starts kindergarten this year and I am tired as can be after having just her all day!! Thank you for what you do! Hugs!!! :-D :-D :-D

My kids go back in 1 week and 2 days. This has probably been the worst summer ever, not just for my family, but my quilting as well. I haven't dug out my machine in weeks....bad quilter!

I tend to get a lot more work done from August to June anyway, so I'll need to be picking up again once the kids are back in school. I have a lot of table runner to crank out before January!

Bless you from a retired kindergarten teacher. The first six weeks each year always felt similar to the six weeks after childbirth--anticipation, struggle, joy, exhilaration, bonding and utter exhaustion.

It's still fun to pop in a dvd of Kindergarten Cop and play and re-play the scene with Arnold Schartzenegger collapsing after his first day teaching kindergarten: "They're horrible. They're like little terrorists." :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Ours come back Sept 6th! I teach 8th grade -- almost 400 of them a year!!!

I go back the 16th and my kids (students) come on the 22nd. That is about a week later than we have gone back in the past, but it still really sneaks up on us. This year I spent the first month catching up with medical and dental checkups. It seemed like a waste of summer, but I let some slip last year and I promised DH I would get it all done this year, including the dreadeed colonoscopy!

Anyway, I kow what you mean about your sewing slowing down. I'll be thinking about you! Even though I love teaching, there never seems to be enough time. :|

I don't go back until the 22nd. I, too, am exhausted at the end of the day with 7th graders and don't get much quilting done. Or anything else for that matter.

YIKES aug 1, and back to school...
My kids don't go back til sept 8th.,.. but then we don't get out til the end of june.. and no air in our school..... i feel sorry for them...

My DD sub-teaches in four area schools and she said "God chooses special people to be kindergarten teachers". She says they really keep you on your toes, but she loves to
to be able to teach them every now and then.

My DD sub-teaches in four area schools and she said "God chooses special people to be kindergarten teachers". She says they really keep you on your toes, but she loves to
to be able to teach them every now and then.

Sorry for the repeat!!!

Here's for all teachers and para's - Have a wonderful school year, enjoy each child. You are sometimes the only person that child may have to lean on. May you have a blessed year!

God bless all you teachers! I am exhausted when I get home from my office but I don't have children to tend to. Bless you each and every one!

I know. I teach music in west Texas. Teachers go back next Tuesday and the kidlets start on the 22nd. Plus, I have a church organist job and will be starting another moonlighting teacher job when school starts. Am attempting to finish a quilt for my "baby" to take with her to Texas A & M in a couple weeks. Oy! I've got several quilts I want to make for Christmas presents - am thinking that may not happen this year!

Why so early? I grew up in SD and we started the last week in Aug. so you could guarantee hot class rooms, but Aug. 1? Have fun and bless you for being a kindergarten teacher, it takes an angel to deal with them. My best friend teaches kindergarten, so I hear all about her kids.

I have watched two of my grandkids since they were 3 months old. Exhausting, but quilting keeps me sane. The GK's are 3 & 5 yrs. old now. And I work. I would go crazy if not for quilting.

Thank you for being a teacher. You are special.

I'm right there with you. I went back to work today as an administrative assistant with a school district. Teachers come back on the 18th and the kids start on the 22nd. I'm so going to miss my quilting time. :(

we go back next Monday the 8th. High Schoolers come on Monday the 15th. Keep me in your prayers!

Bless you for the job you do.

The sad part is when teachers have to teach for the "test". And now it can affect the teachers evaluation. So pile on more days, create more pressure, and have more days that students just wish they weren't in school. Back when I was in school it was first of September to end of May and we received a good education. But I have to admit, do you use affect or effect?

I can not believe how many schools are going back this week...here in OK especially as it will be over 110 every day!

kids dont you love `em but tiring they are .

[b]Funny :) .Funny:) Heat affects us but sweating is the effect it has on us :)

Even in Ontario, different school boards start at different times. I can't imagine being in this heat at school though.

we homeschool and don't start until Sept. 6... as a child we always started the day after Labor Day - I've kept up that tradition with my kids. :)

It is hot for the Kids too!!

Thanks to all the teachers that will start over the next weeks we will keep your spirits up!

My daughter is a teacher that is why I babysit. She goes back Aug. 8 which I thought was crazy. Aug. 1 really is. She has high school kids.

Thanks to all you teachers -- you are the foundation for everything this country has achieved!!!

I also am a teacher starting in a new area this year. I've been in a regular classroom for 22 years and am going to start teaching music this year. It's like starting all over again. I will have kindergarten through 5th grade students every day. I am right there with you on being too tired to do anything but hit the couch at the end of the day. I hope your year goes well and you are able to squeeze in some fun stuff after school starts.

Congrats to all our teachers they have to have so much patience. I had three small kids at the same time and I can't imagine being in the classroom all day with a whole bunch of little darlings. God bless you all. Sue

I teach K-5 music, too! This will be my 6th year of teaching (one year was middle school and high school, the rest have been K-8 or K-5). I'm not looking forward to less sewing/quilting time...especially at the beginning of the year. It seems like during the first month I am in bed at like 8pm. My husband teaches too but does the high school's television station and has to supervise students who broadcast school sports and/or community events once or twice a week so those will be the times when I will definitely have time to sew/quilt.

Well, off to work in my room! The kiddos come back on the 17th.