GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on May 27, 2016 14:26:10 GMT -5
ALL of my kids are out as of yesterday. The seniors probably got released a couple of weeks ago. & Yeah, well, you start school in like freaking July. We don't start until after Labor Day -- the way it should be.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on May 27, 2016 14:29:10 GMT -5
ALL of my kids are out as of yesterday. The seniors probably got released a couple of weeks ago. & Yeah, well, you start school in like freaking July. We don't start until after Labor Day -- the way it should be. Nuh uh!!!! Early August!!!! I used to start school around Labor Day and don't recall going that far into June. They must not have wanted me there any longer than they could get away with.
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GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on May 27, 2016 14:33:00 GMT -5
Yeah, well, you start school in like freaking July. We don't start until after Labor Day -- the way it should be. Nuh uh!!!! Early August!!!! I used to start school around Labor Day and don't recall going that far into June. They must not have wanted me there any longer than they could get away with. Gotta get our 180 school days in or we can't call it done. Last year, thanks to the record-breaking snowfall in these parts, I think they went until June 28th or 29th.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on May 27, 2016 14:35:28 GMT -5
I'm glad we only have rain & hurricanes. That one year when everyone in the south freaked out because SNOW/ICE, we had a day out of school. They build some extra days into the school calendar before Christmas as make up days if there's a hurricane, but they've never needed anything after January here. I think the governor just gave us a pass on that day.
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GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on May 27, 2016 14:37:19 GMT -5
I'm glad we only have rain & hurricanes. That one year when everyone in the south freaked out because SNOW/ICE, we had a day out of school. They build some extra days into the school calendar before Christmas as make up days if there's a hurricane, but they've never needed anything after January here. I think the governor just gave us a pass on that day. LOL, not to be creepy, but I remember you posting about how you pulled together warm clothes for your kids by layering summer clothes.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on May 27, 2016 14:47:01 GMT -5
I'm glad we only have rain & hurricanes. That one year when everyone in the south freaked out because SNOW/ICE, we had a day out of school. They build some extra days into the school calendar before Christmas as make up days if there's a hurricane, but they've never needed anything after January here. I think the governor just gave us a pass on that day. LOL, not to be creepy, but I remember you posting about how you pulled together warm clothes for your kids by layering summer clothes. We don't shop for that kind of weather!
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2016 14:47:30 GMT -5
Next year my kids are going to be on two different schedules. The public doesn't start until after Labor Day and goes until the second week of June and the private starts third week in August, but is done a week before Memorial Day. You'd think with only two school systems in town they could coordinate, especially since they share bussing!
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on May 28, 2016 10:49:14 GMT -5
Next year my kids are going to be on two different schedules. The public doesn't start until after Labor Day and goes until the second week of June and the private starts third week in August, but is done a week before Memorial Day. You'd think with only two school systems in town they could coordinate, especially since they share bussing! that'd be too easy.
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Post by Jake 48 on May 28, 2016 18:55:40 GMT -5
Woo Hoo!!!! no more lunches
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GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on May 28, 2016 22:02:07 GMT -5
Woo Hoo!!!! no more lunches is right. The risk that I might set the kitchen on fire making DS' lunches that early in the morning before I am fully caffeinated has been significantly reduced. My local jakes are now almost entirely safe from ever having to catch the sight of me that early in the day. It's the least I could do in return for all they do for us.
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Post by teen persuasion on May 28, 2016 22:13:03 GMT -5
Wait they are already out of school? What?! Oh, missy, you're so young and so cute. Most high schools in these parts release seniors about a month ahead of the rest of the grades. Today is YDS's last day of classes. He graduates next week. The last school of day for everyone else around here is June 20th. I am under the impression that they do it this way because a)seniors checked out after they paid their tuition deposit on May 1st (and some checked out well before that, LOL), b)the schools have been dealing with this group of kids (and their parents!!) for 13 years and are DONE, c) it gives kids facing outrageous tuition bills a chance to work and earn money for a few more weeks this summer, and, d) all of the above. DS4 has another 4 weeks exactly until graduation, but they are definitely already checked out. Two weeks ago he had only 2 days actually in class (one day out at a drunk driving thing thru the sheriff's office, one day out at tech wars, one day out at a string festival). This week was similar - one day out sick after burning the candle at both ends between tech wars and the string fest overnight, one bonus day off on the holiday weekend since we used zero snow days this year, so of course the seniors declared Thursday senior skip day. As the weather climbed to the 90's, they decided to hit the beach. Not at the lake 15 miles away, mind you, but at a beach 75 miles away on the OTHER lake. Classes officially go until June 10, then a week and a half of Regents, so there's no way to let seniors graduate earlier than everyone else. But there is essentially nothing getting done this last 5 week marking period. Unfortunately, DS5 is only 5th grade. Darn.
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Post by MJ2.0 on May 29, 2016 6:52:55 GMT -5
That's awesome! We're mean. Kids make their own lunch for school. Yeah, my mom stopped making my lunch when I hit middle school. I'm surprised you kept doing it.
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Post by yogiii on May 29, 2016 7:00:00 GMT -5
I make DH his lunches. I must be an enabler
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Post by MJ2.0 on May 29, 2016 7:09:02 GMT -5
I used to make X's lunches years ago when we first got married. It was okay at first, but it was a huge PTA when he was getting the MLIS because I'd have to pack a lunch and a dinner and also my own lunch. And he'd always complain that I never packed enough (there was only so much portable food/containers and only so much room in his bag). So I told him to pack his own if he wasn't happy with mine. He said something like me packing his lunch was some way I showed that I loved him. <<eye roll>> I pack DS's lunch because he's 4. I don't plan on packing another grown person's lunch.
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Post by MJ2.0 on May 29, 2016 7:11:06 GMT -5
And now I want an egg wrap.
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Post by giramomma on May 29, 2016 8:38:40 GMT -5
Next year my kids are going to be on two different schedules. The public doesn't start until after Labor Day and goes until the second week of June and the private starts third week in August, but is done a week before Memorial Day. You'd think with only two school systems in town they could coordinate, especially since they share bussing! Our private school schedule is different than the public schools. They used to be off two weeks. I'd love it, because then the older kids and I could do all the fun summer things we wanted for two weeks with no crowds. Once, we left for vacation right after school. Hotel rooms weren't summer expensive at that point, and it was nice. I think some parents complained, so now private school ends a week early before public instead of two. The thing that drive me batty is when breaks, etc are different than public schools. Summer isn't so bad. But, it's all the fall breaks, teacher in services, and sometimes spring breaks that are different that get me. Thankfully we have two VERY blissful years of all the kids going to the same school. Next year, my commute time for drop off goes from 45 minutes to 10.
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Post by giramomma on May 29, 2016 8:40:41 GMT -5
I pack DS's lunch because he's 4. I don't plan on packing another grown person's lunch. One of the perks of the littlest who is stubborn, independent, and desperate to keep up with her older sibs: she packs a fair amount of her lunch. We just handle items that need to be cut, because 4.
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Post by NastyWoman on May 29, 2016 13:10:25 GMT -5
Next year my kids are going to be on two different schedules. The public doesn't start until after Labor Day and goes until the second week of June and the private starts third week in August, but is done a week before Memorial Day. You'd think with only two school systems in town they could coordinate, especially since they share bussing! I do you one better. The HS DS2 attended didn't offer a whole lot of AP classes. Instead they had a deal with the CC that kids who wanted to do so and qualified,based on grades, could take some classes at the CC. Guess who didn't have a single vacation in sync with himself for the last two years of HS? ETA: due to our way of life, this was the only experience I had with one of my kids in public school.
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