Feb 2010 school vacation?

[DisMomme]

This may be a dumb question but why do y'all get a February school vacation?

The college I work for is out two days for Mardi Gras next week (the 15th and 16th, I think) but dd is not out of school . We have spring break in March and then another two days out for Easter and that's it for the year.

We don't get a week in March. We only get 3 days off for Thanksgiving and a week for Christmas break. We then get the week in Feb and another in April. We start the first of Sept and get out mid June.

Someone on another thread said that the mid-winter break started in the NE during the oil crisis in the 70's to save on heating costs. Not sure if that is true or not. I grew up here & always remember having that vacation.