We are on the homeward stretch

You may have more snow days than we do, or more time off scheduled in. We are based on what used to be the agricultural schedule of the region.

@GardenGerty its proably just from schools starting at different months. Like our schools start in September and end in june.

I think Kansas and Oklahoma are stuck in the cycle that originally had the kids out before harvest to work on family farms. So the farms are gone but the schedule is still in place.

I remember when I was in school that we went until the end of May and then started again after Labor Day. In the north and northeast students go to school on into June.

@GardenGerty I don't think I'd like staying in school until June.

Special needs children at that.

@celticeagle absolutely. We plan environments, and for equipment, and for classroom integration with regular education.

@GardenGerty .....So they need specialized planning.

I see you are studying.

@GardenGerty Oh, at least you saw something... I failed to see what he was doing when I first read that... and how about - nail (to fasten something) nail (a covering for the upper tip of the finger or toe)

@GardenGerty I think I am becoming more resourceful lately.

I know. I feel like I am rapidly tumbling down a steep hill.

That was my original intent. I then spent more money trying to keep a car to drive than I earned in five months.I have also found that the benefits outweigh the negatives on working. I will sign a new contract and work at least one more year. I like my team.

Hi, Oshy, we are doing really well. How about you?

@GardenGerty Thanks for asking Heather, okay I guess you know. How is treatment going?

That is how it is in some parts of the country.

Then the kids will be "everywhere"

Err……I don't know whether to answer your question in front of the author. In China, students (from primary school to college students) have a summer vacation of two months (July to August). Primary and secondary school students have two kinds of winter vacation, the southern region for three months (December to next year in January), the northern region for the month of the year (from January to February), the college students' winter vacation for the three and a half months.

@jidnne Those seem very long holidays. Mostly in Australia, students (up to the end of high school - 17/18 years old) get two weeks in April/May, two weeks around July/August and perhaps six weeks from a bit before Christmas to early February.

@JudyEv Some schools in the US run on a schedule like yours, in a way. @jidnne it is fine with me for you to join in and answer. That way we know how things are where you live. Here in Central Kansas, in the US, our students are done before the last week of May. (May 24). School will officially resume around the middle of August. Some students are enrolled in Summer School. Our teacher would like to start summer school around August 1, to help transition the students that attend into full school days more easily. I will have nine to ten weeks off work before summer school.

I know, being employed with a school sets a whole rhythm to your life.

@GardenGerty Yes, it does. And I remember that even though I still had to work during the summer, it was such a letdown after the kids all left.

Hi, Kelli M my kids are both adults, one is forty. I have been working in a "structured classroom" since late August. The students have unique special needs. In all I have twenty five years experience with special needs persons, infant through elderly and this job was a perfect fit.

@GardenGerty Ah! Are they elementary or high school aged children?

I enjoy working in the school, much more than I like attending it as a child. I have taken some vocational courses in the past and I really liked that. I love to learn.

Shhhh. That is a sign of old age.