Almost time to go back to school...

[Zen]

And for some, it can't start soon enough

[yellowrose93]

LOL School is so shcool.

My daughter starts back tomorrow, older son Friday and younger son Monday. Of course, the younger one should be starting tomorrow but he is on vacation with my parents. Seems so early to be back in school!!

[sgtiger]

yellowrose93, wow that is early. Ours schools don't start back till the day after Labor Day, which means I will have 2 weeks to play before I start school too.

[schnitzle]

Noooooo!! I'm still studying for finals (had to take classes summer quarter). My summer vacation doesn't start until Friday. NO SCHOOL!

Although if I were a parent I'm sure I'd be looking forward to the kids going back to school.

[azfiddle]

I teach in a school that follows a modified, year-round calendar. This is our fourth week of classes! But I will have 3 weeks off in late September and early October....

[Crankin]

There's a huge regional variation in when schools start. When I taught in AZ, we started the week before Labor Day and ended around May 30. Now they start around August 10-15 and end at the end of April it seems, or May 1.
Here in MA, there are some districts that start the week before Labor Day and some that wait until after the holiday. It was a *huge* cultural change when some districts started having their year start the week before. But, in years when Labor Day is late (like this year) and there are a lot of snow days, school was not out until almost July 1st a few years ago.
Now the push is to get rid of our "February" and "April" vacations, and have a spring break in March like the rest of the world.
I don't think it will happen in my lifetime.