Posted by Mike (WA) on August 12, 2011 at 08:34:13 from (69.10.196.29):
In Reply to: Re: OT Summer posted by old on August 12, 2011 at 08:23:15:
Around here, they generally start the day after Labor day, but don't get out until the middle of June. Later, if there are very many snow days, but we generally only have a couple of those.
They have something called "in service" days now- where the kids don't come to school, but teachers come and do heaven knows what. Supposedly lesson plans, etc. But now they are going to have "furlough days" to save money- and they'll be on the "in service" days- so kids won't come to school, but neither will teachers, and teachers won't get paid for them.
Has kind of an Alice in Wonderland feel to it- kind of like the old Randy Travis song line, "if my phone still ain't ringin', I assume it still ain't you." Why not bunch all those up at the end of the year, so everybody gets out for the summer a few days earlier?
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