Frustrated over school calendar

[sorul82?]

How do local business, especially amusement parks, support work staff if kids are going to school all summer in areas that certainly cannot keep these businesses open all year or even 9 months for that matter? Also the local public pools would probably have to close for that reason too and all our festivals and such are jammed packed into the summer months for the reason that our weather demands that they be. Right now I can think of 10 events that would certainly suffer if there were year round school. I think I remember a few months ago or even a year ago that Pennsylvania was going to pass legislation to make sure schools did not start until after labor day for the very reason that our summer tourism areas suffer when the kids go back to school in August.

It's easy for the areas that have almost year round nice weather but here in the northeast I'm not sure that year round school is a great idea.

High Schools here are not year round; just most elem and middle.

 

[MomofKatie]

In our suburban Charlotte, NC county, we start on Aug 25 and finish on June 10. The state law is that no schools can start before 8/25 or end before 6/10- the tourism industry pushed the legislation through a few years ago. Our calendar for the coming school year:

8/25- First day of school
9/7- Labor Day holiday
10/12- Teacher Workday (Columbus Day)
11/11- Veterens' Day holiday
11/25, 26, 27- Thanksgiving holiday
12/19 to 1/3- Christmas holiday
1/18- MLK holiday
1/22- Teacher workday
2/19- Teacher Workday (Presidents' weekend)
3/5- Teacher workday
4/2 to 4/11- Spring Break (Good Friday through the week after Easter)
4/30 Teacher workday
5/31- Memorial Day holiday
6/10- Last day of school

 

[sorul82?]

In our suburban Charlotte, NC county, we start on Aug 25 and finish on June 10. The state law is that no schools can start before 8/25 or end before 6/10- the tourism industry pushed the legislation through a few years ago. Our calendar for the coming school year:

8/25- First day of school
9/7- Labor Day holiday
10/12- Teacher Workday (Columbus Day)
11/11- Veterens' Day holiday
11/25, 26, 27- Thanksgiving holiday
12/19 to 1/3- Christmas holiday
1/18- MLK holiday
1/22- Teacher workday
2/19- Teacher Workday (Presidents' weekend)
3/5- Teacher workday
4/2 to 4/11- Spring Break (Good Friday through the week after Easter)
4/30 Teacher workday
5/31- Memorial Day holiday
6/10- Last day of school

except for the year round schools, of course.

 

[MomofKatie]

except for the year round schools, of course.

Yup- forgot about those!! There are 2 elementary, 1 charter, and 1 middle school in our county that are on the year round schedule.

 

[allison443]

I've already taken 3 classes this summer just in order to keep my certification up to speed...yes, even though I've been teaching for almost 20 years & had a Master's Degree all that time, I still have to earn MORE credits AND do it on my own time.

My state also requires this of licensed attorneys. You have to renew your registration every two years and to renew, you have to have taken 24 credits on your own time and your own expense. No matter how long you've been practicing and despite having a J.D. degree. My sister is an OT and also takes continuing education classes on a periodic basis.

I think a lot of people don't realize that many professions require continuing education.

Hope you are enjoying your summer anyway!

 

[lemondog]

I can't even imagine going in July or August but people do it and they seem to have fun.

We do! I love going in July, because the parks are open very late, which works well with our arrive early/midday break at hotel/come back in the early evening schedule.

Plus if we go in late July it's actually value season at the Poly, our favorite hotel. Yes the heat can be brutal, but we use touring plans and never wait long in line. Plus i am from the south anyway so I am used to it.

 

[Teachckg]

My state also requires this of licensed attorneys. You have to renew your registration every two years and to renew, you have to have taken 24 credits on your own time and your own expense. No matter how long you've been practicing and despite having a J.D. degree. My sister is an OT and also takes continuing education classes on a periodic basis.

I think a lot of people don't realize that many professions require continuing education.

Hope you are enjoying your summer anyway!

I wish we had the salary of an attorney!

 

[JVL1018]

We had never started before Labor Day here..until this year..which I found out 3 days after I booked my plane tickets for the week prior to Labor Day.
So my kids are missing the 1st 3 days of school. I don't care about them missing school so much(I pull them out for vacations, but was hoping not to this trip)but I am bummed about them missing the first day.
"They" say school would be in too late in June if we started on 9/8(Wednesday after Labor Day like normal), but we're always in school late, I don't see why it matters.
Christmas is 1/2 day on the 23rd and then off through 1/2 or the first Monday if it falls on a weekend. It's always been that way and I am fine with it.

Our calendar this year is:

Starts 9/2
Off:
9/7 Labor Day
9/28 Yom Kippur
11/3 Staff Development Day
11/6 & 11/7 NJEA Convention
half day 11/25
11/26&11/27-Thanksgiving
half day 12/23
12/24-1/1 Holiday Recess
1/18 MLK Day
2/15-2/19 Winter Recess/Fuel Conservation Week(@@)
4/2 Good Friday
4/5-4/9 Spring Recess(this I hate-the weather still bites here that early in April, we used to have the last week off, no matter when Easter was, but testing was moved to the first week in May and so that ended that)
5/31 Memorial Day

Last day: June 23

There are 4 days built in for snow, if we don't use them we get them back-not at the end though-this year we had 3 give back days and they were the Friday and Tuesday of Memorial day weekend and then a random Friday in June.

 

[madge]

We have year round schools and love it! My children have four 3-week breaks throughout the year plus the normal holidays.

our school district has a modified/alternative calendar, with 1-2 weeks off in the fall, holidays, and spring .. and a 9-10 week long summer break. it's been like that for about 10 years, and not long ago there was talk of going back to a traditional calendar. people were not happy, especially with the thought of losing fall break.

our first day back is August 6. We get out of school (barring weather calamities) around Memorial Day. We're in school 175 days.

 

[JLKennedy]

Here’s mine in Burlington Co.:

09-01: New Teacher orientation (NO SCHOOL)
09-02: Teacher In-service day (NO SCHOOL)
09-03: Teacher Set-up day (NO SCHOOL)
09-07: Labor Day (NO SCHOOL)
09-08: Students 1st day – Early Dismissal
09-09: Teacher In-service – Early Dismissal
10-09: Regional In-service – NO SCHOOL
10-12: Columbus Day – NO SCHOOL
11-05 & 11-06: NJEA Convention – NO SCHOOL aka NJ Week at Disney
11-11 through 11-13: Parent conferences – Early Dismissal
11-26 & 11-27: Thanksgiving Holiday – NO SCHOOL
12-11: Teacher In-service – Early Dismissal
12-23: Early Dismissal
12-24: Winter Recess – NO SCHOOL
01-04: School resumes
01-15: Teacher In-service – Early Dismissal
01-18: MLK Day – NO SCHOOL
02-12: Teacher In-service day – NO SCHOOL
02-15: President’s Day – NO SCHOOL
03-24: Parent Conferences – Early Dismissal
04-02: NO SCHOOL – Good Friday
05-31: NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
06-10: Early Dismissal
06-11: Last Day – Early Dismissal

1 inclement weather day. If day not needed, school is closed Monday, 4-5. If more are needed, students will be required to attend Saturday 1/2 day sessions