On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 17:06, DarkWyrm wrote: > > Hmmm... how do you Americans have your school model? > > In Romania it goes like this: > > school and high school (classes between 1-8 9-12): > > - 1 sept - 24 dec -> 3 weeks vacation. > > - 15 jan - XX apr -> 2-3 weeks vacation. > > - XX+14 apr - 15 june -> 2 and 1/2 months vacation > > > > faculty: > > - 1 oct - 24dec -> 2 weeks vacation. > > - 4-5 feb - 2X feb -> one week vacation. > > - 2X feb - 30(max) june -> 3 months vacation. > In the US, it depends on the school. Some schools go all year. Most, > however, start somewhere around the last week of August and go through > some time just before Christmas. Thanksgiving is a national holiday > around the third Thursday of November, and we normally get Wednesday > and Friday off. Generally we get about 2 weeks off for Christmas/New > Years. Schools then run from Christmas Break through the first week of > June, taking a week or so off either before or after Easter. Through > out the year there are isolated 3-day weekends. Summer break generally > runs the second week of June through the third week of August. Of > course, teachers start preparing for the first day the entire week > before school starts. Unless you're in the 'deep south' then school starts in the first week of August, and finishes half-way through May. Having had both of my parents working in education and growing up in the north, this really throws off my notion of "summer break". -bryan