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The real crime here is kids going back to school in the middle of August. I thought that school was supposed to start in September. Why so early?

by glonq 3y ago

cafard 3y ago
I think it unfortunate that schools start before Labor Day and continue into June. As far as I can tell it is because of the number of added breaks, teacher in-service days, etc.
mrguyorama 3y ago
In rural maine, we had a "harvest break" in the middle of the fall for kids to help their farming families bring in the potato harvest. For that, we would start a month early. Those farms have been using almost exclusively illegal immigrants for labor for decades though so most school systems up there have removed "Harvest break" to give their kids longer summers.
- glonq 3y ago
  Okay, starting early to fit harvest break makes sense. thx; TIL!
toast0 3y ago
Every school district manages their schedule differently, but looking at the Jefferson County school schedule [1], if you pushed the start date back four weeks into September, you push the schedule end of school into late June, with a possibility of makeup dates into July. Kentucky has a minimum education days of 170, which is lower than many states (180 seems most common) [2] so maybe they have a bit more wiggle room, but it's mostly a system of tradeoffs, and planning for makeup days. My local school district starts the day after labor day, and ends mid June, but doesn't have week long breaks between the three-trimesters. I'm in favor of year round schooling with 'random' breaks interspersed, but I don't get to draft the schedule; and holding school in the hottest months requires buildings designed for education in those months, which is often not present; many school buildings would need significant investments in air conditioning etc to be conducive to education in the heat of summer. [1] https://www.jefferson.kyschools.us/sites/default/files/Parent%20Calendar.pdf https://www.jefferson.kyschools.us/sites/default/files/Paren... [2] https://nces.ed.gov/programs/statereform/tab1_1-2020.asp https://nces.ed.gov/programs/statereform/tab1_1-2020.asp

The real crime here is kids going back to school in the middle of August. I thought that school was supposed to start in September. Why so early?

by glonq 3y ago

The real crime here is kids going back to school in the middle of August. I thought that school was supposed to start in September. Why so early?

cafard 3y ago

I think it unfortunate that schools start before Labor Day and continue into June. As far as I can tell it is because of the number of added breaks, teacher in-service days, etc.

mrguyorama 3y ago

In rural maine, we had a "harvest break" in the middle of the fall for kids to help their farming families bring in the potato harvest. For that, we would start a month early. Those farms have been using almost exclusively illegal immigrants for labor for decades though so most school systems up there have removed "Harvest break" to give their kids longer summers.

glonq 3y ago
Okay, starting early to fit harvest break makes sense. thx; TIL!

toast0 3y ago

Every school district manages their schedule differently, but looking at the Jefferson County school schedule [1], if you pushed the start date back four weeks into September, you push the schedule end of school into late June, with a possibility of makeup dates into July. Kentucky has a minimum education days of 170, which is lower than many states (180 seems most common) [2] so maybe they have a bit more wiggle room, but it's mostly a system of tradeoffs, and planning for makeup days. My local school district starts the day after labor day, and ends mid June, but doesn't have week long breaks between the three-trimesters. I'm in favor of year round schooling with 'random' breaks interspersed, but I don't get to draft the schedule; and holding school in the hottest months requires buildings designed for education in those months, which is often not present; many school buildings would need significant investments in air conditioning etc to be conducive to education in the heat of summer. [1] https://www.jefferson.kyschools.us/sites/default/files/Parent%20Calendar.pdf https://www.jefferson.kyschools.us/sites/default/files/Paren... [2] https://nces.ed.gov/programs/statereform/tab1_1-2020.asp https://nces.ed.gov/programs/statereform/tab1_1-2020.asp