That's college spring break, not spring break for minors attending K-12. The first public school in the US colonies was established in 1635, roughly 300 years b

That's college spring break, not spring break for minors attending K-12. The first public school in the US colonies was established in 1635, roughly 300 years before that. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_education_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_education_in_the_... I'm not readily finding a nice, neat blurb that literally says "spring break in elementary school/K-12 was so kids could help plant on the farm" but my understanding is that is correct.