Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?

PUSH

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I know I'm old as dirt and for all you know I attended a one room school house, but I guess it is more just the dates that have changed. When I was in school, we stayed in until about the third week of June and didn't return until the day after Labor Day. I guess it's close to the same number of days, but going back in September seemed like the summer was over with and winter was running close behind. It was still tough though having to carry those three ring binders on the five mile hike, uphill (both ways), barefoot and wearing our brand new Sunday go to meetin' clothes that our mothers made. That was along with three #2 pencils and a lot of erasers. I always wondered why since she was obviously a Taylor she couldn't figure out how to make shoes.,
In Wisconsin there's a law that say we can't start until September. It was to help the tourism industry extend their season and keep their summer workers. You can still start before, you just have to get a waiver from the state. That naturally has us end typically in early June.

Every state/region of the country has their own timeframes. We tend to be one of the latest areas to start, but there are some schools that start in August and end toward the end of June. However, they usually get week long fall breaks, multiple weeks for winter break, a week in February, etc. We don't have many breaks throughout the year.
 

SteveBrickNJ

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I know I'm old as dirt and for all you know I attended a one room school house, but I guess it is more just the dates that have changed. When I was in school, we stayed in until about the third week of June and didn't return until the day after Labor Day. I guess it's close to the same number of days, but going back in September seemed like the summer was over with and winter was running close behind. It was still tough though having to carry those three ring binders on the five mile hike, uphill (both ways), barefoot and wearing our brand new Sunday go to meetin' clothes that our mothers made. That was along with three #2 pencils and a lot of erasers. I always wondered why since she was obviously a Taylor she couldn't figure out how to make shoes.,
Well your memory of your school calendar year is comparable to New Jersey. We still do that.
 

Goofyernmost

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Well your memory of your school calendar year is comparable to New Jersey. We still do that.
Yup, for the longest time, most of New England and it's northern neighbors had the schedules linked. In the 80's when we road tripped from Vermont to WDW we kept the kids busy counting cars heading south from New England, New York and New Jersey and also Pennsylvania I think. We all had that late February mid-winter school vacation on Presidents week and in Vermont the first 3 days of March due to Town Meeting day. That also was the weekend of the Daytona 500.

One year on I-4, I got behind a ginormous tour bus style RV that was stiff hitching a new Cadillac convertible with Penns. plates that said either "Penn 1" or just had the number "1". I don't remember which one but that was 42 years ago. I always assumed I was following, for very little while, the Governor of Pennsylvania and I also assumed he was on his way to WDW as well.
 

JenniferS

When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
Four active fires in Kawartha Lakes now, so that’s fun.

We’ve really had to cut Daisy’s walks short due to the air quality. Even so, about 3/4 of the way through the walk, I notice her panting and ask, “Dais, you okay?”, and more often than not, she comes to a dead stop and assumes the “pick me up” position, and Mike carries her home.
 

Figgy1

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