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Back to school yet? Here it starts the day after Labor Day. (Original Post) underpants Sep 2018 OP
You better be sick, dead or mute, Ay Ay Ron!! WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2018 #1
👉 underpants Sep 2018 #6
How did you get my kids' pencils? jberryhill Sep 2018 #2
Does Balak Aye want to go to war? WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2018 #3
😳 underpants Sep 2018 #4
Insubordinate, and churlish! WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2018 #5
Yes underpants Sep 2018 #7
Last time I heard school starting after benld74 Sep 2018 #8
Virginia underpants Sep 2018 #9
Our children are long out of school but our county's phylny Sep 2018 #10

benld74

(9,909 posts)
8. Last time I heard school starting after
Sun Sep 2, 2018, 01:44 PM
Sep 2018

Labor Day was when I was in grade school

I’m 62. I was from Illinois Macoupin County

What area are you from?

underpants

(182,861 posts)
9. Virginia
Sun Sep 2, 2018, 03:59 PM
Sep 2018

It used to be statewide but now it's mostly east of I 95. We called it the "Virginia Beach rule" (Richmond calls it the "Kings Dominion" - theme park- rule) because businesses needed teenagers to work throughout the tourism season. Starting about 20 years ago Virginia counties could petition to start earlier and build in more snow days for areas west. Last week my daughter and I drove 30 miniutes to the outdoor pool we belong to and no one was there - school in that county started the week before.

phylny

(8,383 posts)
10. Our children are long out of school but our county's
Sun Sep 2, 2018, 05:24 PM
Sep 2018

start date was 8/13. One county over started on 8/8, I think. We always started on the Wednesday after Labor Day on Long Island when I was growing up. I would have hated for our daughters to have such an early start - as it was, they would start back around 8/25. Too much summer left for that start date. Of course I liked having the kids at home in the summertime. ETA we are in Virginia now.

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