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I have been told that people in Phoenix get seasonal affectiveness disorder

Posted by Sounder

on August 3, 2026, 15:23:26, in reply to "And as Corona said, teh weather in Atlanta pretty much sucks from mid-July until mid-September"

in the summertime, because they can never go outside.

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so no reason to have the kids home and outside. Better that they get late may and all of june off.

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local kids were still in school for several more weeks and then our kids had the longest summer ever not starting school until around Labor Day.

Makes sense up there where summer weather often doesn’t start until 4th of July and July and August are the best weather months of the year to do stuff outside.

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I think I prefer that, but it appears to be the outlier.

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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 Yesterday, 06:02:08

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

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