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It’s been chaos for me. Scrambling to adjust morning routines and figure out after-school care. I’ve even had to use vacation days to cover that first week. Feels like every year the calendar shifts a little more. Curious, how are you handling it?
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Well, no kids, so I am just dealing with adjusting work schedules, changes in availability, and changes in traffic patterns from the kids not being around all day, with nothing better to do.
But it's the heat that kills me. We're over `100f here, and these kids are sitting inside?
It's been a rough adjustment period for me. Work has been nuts with back to school shopping, and on the personal front, my kids are having a hard time getting back into the school routine. I know it'll get better in a few weeks, but right now they're both pretty upset by not having their old best friends in their new classrooms.
It really is strange how school schedules have changed. I don't remember ever back to school until after Labor Day. Now they go early and then they get these random breaks during the year. I guess it's an improvement somehow, but I don't get it. And the crazy thing is I don't think I'm that old but wow, I sound like a cranky old guy!
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They seem to start earlier and finish later every year. And get off my lawn ;)
I was literally just saying the same thing. I feel like it gets earlier and earlier every year. I was surprised when school started where I live the second week of August.
We lived in a different country where year round school was the norm. I’ve noticed that US schools have been creeping toward that with —less time off — than year round!
So call it what it is —(year round) and give the kids/teachers more consistent blocks of time off 2-4 weeks at regular intervals so that kids don’t get feral, they retain more info, and families can choose which breaks they take as holidays so we’re not all competing for the same travel time.
School has already started where I live. When I was a child growing up, the schools always started in September and went until June.
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Crazy, isn't it? School starts earlier, runs later, and test scores keep dropping.
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Here's a natural way to reply:
Yeah, it does feel early! I think the shift in school calendars has thrown off everyone’s sense of summer. Shopping patterns definitely change, and finding staff gets trickier this time of year. Seems like every year “back-to-school” creeps earlier. How are you managing the adjustments on your end?