When you were a kid, did you start school before or after Labor Day. I always started the day after Labor Day. When did
you start the school year? Thanks 
We had no AC at the time in the schools.
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ever stated the reason why,
changed it --to before Labor Day. Thank you, CrispyQ
next day.
I think they start earlier now.
Labor Day was always the first Monday of September which still felt like summer here in Oregon. We didn't have air conditioning either. Thank goodness we mostly sat in warm classrooms in the Winter. I loved going to school once I learned you couldn't just leave whenever you wanted to
Blizzards and an Arctic freeze--3 weeks off. We scrambled to make up the days as PA mandate is 180 days or you lost for state funding. It was horrible making up those days and we still went alwost to the end of June with no AC
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when they changed it, the teachers would cart in fans from home and kids had water bottles at their desks. It was brutal. From a retired teacher in SW PA.
classroom. PS I did the same when I taught.
and student record books that they would pass out during inservice. It is all done on the internet now. I couldn't get used to it.
next. There went 2 weeks. And then on St Patricks Day another Blizzard. PA requires 180 days to get state founds. We scrambled to find those days. I taught until mid June. Usually around SW PA they wait until the snow melts. They had people skiing in downtown Pittsburgh. I'll never forget the winter. 
Summer vacation meant just that, and it was sacred!
New semester begins on Monday. Record enrollments this year! 
I was surprised when I found out some states started in late August..It seems strange to me. 
remember the name , and , address. of the school.
steps. The office would not call an ambulance or drive me to the hospital. I left and drove 6 miles home with a concussion. My head heart and I took a Advil and went to sleep. Not a good thing. That was in April and I did not go back. When I came back I was given the job as a teacher on a cart. During the summer I had to learn to talk, walk and use my cognitive abilities. again. Teachers complained that I did not show up to the class on time and they missed part of their prep period. I called the PA Workmens Compensation --only students were witness, so the no WC. Unemployment---I was fired =no UC. Non Union school. that tells you everything. I threw everything I saved for 40 some years in the school trash bin. Most, if not all I bought. People say I should have gotten a lawyer. It was a Catholic school, I haven't stepped foot in a church since then(except for my fathers funeral Mass) I received envelopes this morning I put them in the shredder. What really hurt, was that the teachers there==the ones I made christmas sweatshirts for never called, never sent me a card. Neither did the school principal. It left a bad taste in my mouth. Not about teaching, but about the school. 
after Christmas break. We had a blizzard ==Missed five days of school . The following week an Arctic Freeze- missed 5 days.of
school. There was no 5 day weeks of school during Jan, Feb and March(when we had another blizzard) In PA you most go to school for 180 days to get state funding. No days off the rest of the year And we went to the end of June. Schools around here now have at least 5 snow days built into the schedule. If none are used you get out 5 days early. Oh that was the last time we started after Labor Day.
This going back to school before Labor Day is uncivilized. 
methods. mainstreaming students with special needs into the classroom. using art and reading books to use with other subjects. Mostly things that would engage all learners. That was done at the University of Pittsburgh. The inservice was usually three days in the school, If we were using a new series of books the company would send a representative to show how thay would be used. and then we would get our supplies -books and decorate our rooms.
drove up to drove up to Boston so I could meet Rich's family. Driving across PA on I 90 was a bear. Had to be in school on Jan 2 though. 
90 was snowy and the blizzard like conditions. Now they start Jan 3.
Don’t know why it’s earlier now. Today (Aug. 22) is the first day of classes in my area. Only the high school has a/c here.
My hubby’s birthday is Sept. 5 and he said sometimes his birthday fell on the first day of school, which was a total bummer! And he became a schoolteacher anyway!
Last night Gov. Walz said never underestimate a school teacher!
sept fifteenth. bday coming up !!!!! 
began teaching it was after Labor Day. It can still be very warm or warm the beginning of September, here in SW PA with no AC. One year I did take the second day off from school. It was for fertility -lapocrosopy. I got the Friday off but went back to work Monday. My sister works in a Nursing Home and got the whole month off for the same test.
anything done.
None of my schools had A/C until my second year of highschool, when I got to start in a new highschool in a brand new building.
I think it's nuts to start before Labor Day. I have read that starting before Labor Day became a thing when teacher's jobs became dependent on the test scores of their students. The teacher's union asked for an earlier start because they needed more instructional time with the kids to achieve that.
The school year ended in June when I was in school.
I think some of what has changed is that too many parents are working multiple jobs and don't have the time or energy to help their kids with their homework.
I also think that it's counter productive to have school in buildings without A/C when the weather is hot.
school. No sleeveless dresses. no shorts. no sandals without socks. And back in the primary grades having 50 baby bummers in your room. One classroom per grade.