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Always amazed me the number of my kids’ classmates who would miss school for family trips

Posted by DocWalk20

on August 3, 2026, 14:48:27, in reply to "We defidoy did that before jr high school*"

into Jr High and even high school. #priorities

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family trips without caring what the school calendar says.

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Also the first first day of school for 13 years that I haven’t had a child in school. Also crazy.

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Today is the first day of school in the Atlanta area for public schools. Crazy. - ATL August 3, 2026, 06:02:08

I grew up starting after Labor Day and going until late June - snipes824 August 3, 2026, 14:30:16
- Still mostly the norm in the PNW. The year we moved there after our kids were out of school, the - DocWalk20 August 3, 2026, 14:47:15
  - Plus, everyone knows that September is the best weather month in Seattle - Sounder August 3, 2026, 15:20:12
  - And as Corona said, teh weather in Atlanta pretty much sucks from mid-July until mid-September - ATL August 3, 2026, 14:48:39
    - I have been told that people in Phoenix get seasonal affectiveness disorder - Sounder August 3, 2026, 15:23:26
    - Yeah. I visited Atlanta in July once. Once.* - DocWalk20 August 3, 2026, 15:09:59
my kids' school year finished two weeks ago * - londoner August 3, 2026, 13:10:27
- and when does it pick back up?* - Sounder August 3, 2026, 13:13:46
  - Sept 1st for two of them and sept 5th for the other* - londoner August 3, 2026, 13:55:50
    - That is a pretty short break* - Sounder August 3, 2026, 13:58:48
      - Yup. Trying to plan family holidays around their school year is always fun* - londoner August 3, 2026, 14:00:31
        
        You could always do what many American parents do… not care about the school calendar and schedule - DocWalk20 August 3, 2026, 14:44:17
        
        you can legitimately get in legal trouble here for doing this - londoner Yesterday, 00:55:14
        
        Not too different here (other than the different school part) but you have to abuse it - ATL Yesterday, 01:48:22
        
        sidejack: if you're a teacher, do you pretty much just take PTO in the summer?* - Sounder August 3, 2026, 15:24:05
        
        All I know is that if you work in a seasonal industry, you should file for unemployment during the - ATL August 3, 2026, 16:13:46
        
        We defidoy did that before jr high school* - ATL August 3, 2026, 14:46:57
        
        Always amazed me the number of my kids’ classmates who would miss school for family trips - DocWalk20 August 3, 2026, 14:48:27
        
        Do the kids get less time off than in the States - Sounder August 3, 2026, 14:34:01
        
        it's very school dependent. My kids go to three different schools and have three different calendars - londoner Yesterday, 00:52:40
  - I'm guessing after the Sept. bank holiday* - ATL August 3, 2026, 13:18:22
the middle school is an active construction zone and apparently will be - Gene Parmesan August 3, 2026, 11:09:36
- Our elementary is undergoing a 2 year total reconstruction. - tvillini August 3, 2026, 12:01:13
I love the schedule. Give me extra time off in May vs figuring out what to get the kids to do when - CoronaTheirAss August 3, 2026, 09:08:51
- I live very close to a neighborhood elementary schools and it put a smile on my face to - ATL August 3, 2026, 09:16:15
  - We live literally across the street from my son's school - ISeeDeadHawkeyes August 3, 2026, 09:35:05
First time in ~26 years no kids in school for me (college excepted). Empty nester as of the 27th.* - Tuscy August 3, 2026, 08:58:35
Teachers 8/10, students 8/13* - OWWDig August 3, 2026, 08:57:30
- Gotta start warming up the teacher voice. :-) Hope you have a good year!* - JFG August 3, 2026, 11:01:30
wife goes back the 11th. my kids go back the 18th. i will have one in hs for the next 12 years* - lcubed August 3, 2026, 08:06:10
Chula Vista CA started July 22 - jfinsocal August 3, 2026, 08:03:50
We started last Tuesday. Chandler a week before that… bonkers. * - uofi1998 August 3, 2026, 07:57:24
- Nobody wants time off here in the Summer. Also, nobody complains about Fall Break as a tradeoff* - Desert August 3, 2026, 16:11:31
Just maddening to me. If I was a kid growing up now I would be devestated. - illinilosch August 3, 2026, 07:47:58
Our kids start next week. The district my wife was in the previous 4 years were back last week Weds. - tvillini August 3, 2026, 07:43:16
- APS has two weeks of per semester (fall, Thanksgiving, winter, spring breaks) plus three weeks for - ATL August 3, 2026, 07:51:56
  - I think there have been 2 fundamental changes since we went to school wrt the schedule. - tvillini August 3, 2026, 09:47:31
Locals here finally moved start date into August because of days off - Potomac August 3, 2026, 06:10:36
- uncommon as in less than half?* - torinese August 3, 2026, 06:50:09
  - My local district runs 42 weeks w/ 21 complete weeks, plus potential snow closures* - Potomac August 3, 2026, 07:01:19
- Why shouldn’t they be any different from Catholic schools?* - ATL August 3, 2026, 06:26:34
  - there was a lot of pressure to start after Labor Day for late vacations* - Potomac August 3, 2026, 07:02:31
    - Went from CPS to suburban schools over the summer: wait, school starts in AUGUST??? - osklister August 3, 2026, 13:12:04
    - We (AA County) always started the Tuesday after Labor Day and ended about 2 weeks into June. - ATL August 3, 2026, 07:29:21
      - A family story about Baltimore schools - Potomac August 3, 2026, 09:11:09
        
        for HS they should look into applying to Poly and City, both good public options - memyselfandillini August 3, 2026, 13:06:55
        
        AFAICT, most cities like Baltimore have one or two good public schools. Sometimes magnets, sometimes - ATL August 3, 2026, 13:12:54
      - We started after Labor Day because many buildings didn't have AC? - jfinsocal August 3, 2026, 07:55:37
        
        I know in many northern states (Michigan, for example) it's also to provide labor for the tourism - ATL August 3, 2026, 09:04:18
      - Anne Arundel is a whore.* - complainant August 3, 2026, 07:31:57
        
        That's definitely what Elizabeth I would have said* - ATL August 3, 2026, 07:33:41

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