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Today’s question:
A few years ago, schools in the MDUSD used to end summer break after Labor Day, but now, they return to school before Labor Day.
Which one do you prefer? Do you think summer break should be a couple of weeks longer?
Talk about it….
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I want to go back to school after Halloween so on the first day of school all I need is my costume
It should be after Labor Day, the traditional end of Summer.
Free babysitting. Send the little sh*ts back. Freedom!!!!
In recent years, I’ve seen school starting sometimes for only a couple days at the end of a week, then off for the weekend, then beginning again the first of the following week, which seems to me a foolish interruption of the summer vacation, and wasteful of everyone’s time. Go back to school at the beginning of a week. But then, who am I to question the wisdom of our vastly underpaid education system.
Old timer here. School should start the first Wednesday after Labor Day. End the 2nd Friday in June. School started at 8:10 and ended at 3:10. It wasn’t broke so why was it “fixed?”
Snowflakes having snowflake children change everything (for the worse). Just look what’s happened to California…
I’m right there with you Dorothy. After Labor Day is when it should start – absolutely. When my child was young all the summer camps, etc. closed the week before Labor Day so that is when we took our vacations.
I’m with ya Dorthy, problem is for some reason they take more extended breaks during the school year than we did, I remember 2 weeks for Christmas vacation(can’t say Christmas anymore)and 1 week for Easter vacation(can’t say Easter anymore either)and like 13 Federal holidays, so now to make up days required by law they start the school year earlier,later or both.
How many Fun-Suckers does it take to ruin a child’s summer?
I’m a retired teacher. While there are certainly hot days in September, there are fewer than in August and the warm season ends at an earlier point in the school year. I feel for the PE teachers and the young children outside for recess today. This is not necessary.
Additionally, the high schools’ current position is that students return from Winter Break and then need to start preparing for finals in two weeks. Horrors! The new schedule allows finals to be completed before Winter Break, the theory being that students won’t need to be studying over the Break. How many students are doing this? My own children certainly were not studying over Christmas. This is not a problem, speaking from experience both as an educator and as a mom.
Thanksgiving, this year, falls on November 28, so students will be returning from 9 days out of the classroom and guess what? They will need to study for finals in two weeks! What was accomplished by the calendar move? Nothing!
I vote for after Labor Day. There are the exact same number of school days per year, either way.
My kids are grown so doesn’t matter much to me but I enjoyed your post. Rather than just an opinion you bring up valid points. Sadly though today people in power want to change things just to put their spin on something. Not that it was better. When it’s not broke don’t mess with it but they purposely do these days.
I’m with @Dorothy
After Labor Day
After for sure…..
After!
After Labor Day
With all the days off during the school year, to make the mandatory 180 (or is it 185) days of school schools have been starting earlier and earlier. Why not have the kids go to school until the end of June, when it’s far cooler, and start vacation on July 1st ? They can have all of July and August off and start back after labor day. Gotta be better than starting school in the middle of August, air conditioning or not.
Absolutely after Labor Day. It used to be the County Fairs were all summer, culminating in State Fair that ended on Labor Day. I’d have to pick up my daughters gym clothes and locker. She and all the other kids in 4-H or FFA would start school a few days late. Now they’ve moved State Fair which has bolloxed up the whole Fair system.
Yes, this feels way too early.
I’d rather se the district switch to year-around school. Families could take a vacation during any season, and not just during the summer madness. And I suspect that students would not need to spend a week or two reviewing material from the previous year…and improve academic performance. But since the new curriculum is an extremely Leftist indoctrination tool, perhaps less is more.
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