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School never started before Labor Day

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Posted by Bob Matthews at 1:45 am (PDT) on Thu August 23, 2018
In NYC it started the first week of September. But sometimes if you were lucky a holiday or snow or suddenly announced "Teacher's Days" would delay dreaded back-to-school opening day into as late as mid-September. Which was bliss.
Posted by LoyalTubist at 7:40 pm (PDT) on Sat August 27, 2016
Actually, in California, we started the first working day after Admission Day (September 9). The school year ended the middle of June.
Posted by freddo30 at 10:33 pm (PDT) on Sat April 2, 2016
My birthday is August 31 and I never spent the day in school. Ha ha ha
Posted by chrisbroz at 8:23 pm (PDT) on Wed October 21, 2015
What the HADES has starting school in this heat of the summer have to do with producing kids who can read & write at their grade level??? As you, I'm glad I went to school in the 50s & 60s!!!
Posted by chrisbroz at 5:17 pm (PDT) on Wed October 21, 2015
Yeah...never figgerd that out either...here in FL school starts mid August....SCREW THAT!!! School in NJ ALWAYS started AFTER Laboir Day...except for my final year in college in Sep 1970...classes began BEFORE Labor Day and the Semester was OVER before Christmas...no more promising to study for end of term exams during vacation...you never did, really
Posted by Laura at 2:51 pm (PST) on Sun November 3, 2013
Need to go back to this.
Posted by barbara bruetsch-cockrell at 11:39 am (PDT) on Thu June 28, 2012
It took years as an adult for me to adjust to schools starting in August! and letting out in late May. In parochial or public school in the '50's on Long Island, the last day of school was always in the 3rd week of June - with the sweltering heat threatening, and the first day back was always after Labor Day, in the first week of September..no more wearing white clothing, one last chance for a family get-together, school supplies and new clothes at the ready!

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