When do Southern schools start back in “fall”?

[loves to dive]

Here in Athens GA, mid August has been the norm. I feel so sad for those poor younguns. We got out of school the last day of May and didn't go back until after Labor day, had almost the entire month of December off and had Wens thru Fri. for Thanksgiving and a couple of days for Easter.

 

[Rach73]

In southern Louisiana we started 8-9 this year.

 

[sandym718]

Kentucky passed a bill to give school systems incentives to start the year later as the sponsor states KY loses tens of millions of dollars due to tourism loss. The sponsor was from Scott County.

As a result, the kids started 8-10 in Scott County this year. Next year it is 8-8. There are several proposed school calendars posted on the BOE website and parents vote for the best one. This week for a start date wins year after year.

My stance remains that if you push the school start back 2-3 weeks, the end date is 2-3 weeks later. Instead of Labor Day loss, you would lose Memorial Day tourism. KY weather is unpredictable. We lost 19 days to snow a few years ago and the last day of school was June 10. If they started 3 weeks later, the last day would have been July 1.

Ohio changed to "hours" instead of a required number of days per year last year. This year, our district switched to a Labor Day to Memorial Day schedule. Starting Tuesday after Labor Day and ending Friday before Memorial Day. Extended the school day 15 mins and shortened some breaks (Christmas is 6 days)/cut out other days off. We still have the equivalent (in hours) of approximately 15-20 calamity/snow days built in, depending on the grade level. I love it, feel this is the best way!! I do wish they would've switched years ago though, when my kids were young. Now they're teenagers and fall school sports seasons still start in August making travel difficult.

 

[SpaceMtnGirl]

Public schools here go back August 6, 2018. We live in West TN.

 

[dreiwhit]

Early to mid August here in my part of Alabama.

But, in Alabama, each school district has the ability to create their own calendars.

 

[1lilspark]

Teachers daughter from Polk county (45is mins out from WDW) official school calendar isn’t out till Feb but should be back to a mid-late Aug start in 18

 

[Sarcazm]

Yes, Texas typically starts the fourth Monday in August.

Texas is usually the 4th Monday in August, BUT a lot of Texas schools can apply for another date if they meet certain requirements (aka "Districts of Innovation").

For instance, in my son's school district, they have sent out a survey to the parents for the past two years to vote on the school calendar. And this isn't some small school district.

 

[Texans_loyal]

End of August in Houston.

 

[LSUfan4444]

Here in CT we go back in the end of August. Hoping to go early-mid August.

August 9 for us in Louisiana

 

[DisneyStarWisher]

Most schools in South Central KY start no later than 8/15 whereas some start as early as the last days of July. The state has encouraged school districts to start later, but I haven't seen many districts following the request.

I am also in South Central KY. Warren County schools will start back on August 8 next year. That's about the time it has been the last many years.

 

[Ryan Landrum]

From a Texas Teacher, Texas is all over the place. The law at one point was the earliest was last Monday in August. This would save on electricity and other necessities. Then, if a plan for improvement could be determined, you could apply for a waiver. Two years ago, the state started to count minutes in a year, and not days. Now something is going around called "District of Innovation", basically saying that if your district goes through the right channels and processes, you can start earlier in August, such as mine did this year (8/21), and we aren't getting out until 6/1. Some schools started the week before us, some the week after. I think this is a strategy to even out the semesters, and taking all of the professional developments we have in the beginning of the year (which in some districts is 10 days worth) and implement them into the entire year, giving the students more days off during the year instead of during breaks. Count on Texas starting before Labor Day, but some will start back sooner than others.

 

[crazy4wdw]

I'm in South Carolina, our schools start on August 17, 2018.