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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5432 on: July 29, 2020, 11:59:31 PM »
Quote from: MarqHusker on July 29, 2020, 11:57:27 PM
Schools opened in a nearby town today.  85% of students chose to attend in person.  Others go virtual.  We're on in a couple of weeks.  Still boating, fishing, etc.  Bass have been moving and hard to locate.  Have had to really try the whole tackle box for once
School open in July?  Was this the original plan from last year, or are they maneuvering to beat a potential surge in COVID in the Fall?
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5433 on: July 30, 2020, 12:23:34 AM »
This is pretty much on time for this particular district. Our summer nanny is a HS Science teacher there.  She was thrilled to be going back to classroom.   Lest you think it was because of my kids behavior, you'd be mistaken..  Most Indiana schools around Indy are Aug 6-15th starting dates on average.  Pretty much all are done before Memorial Day.  A handful in the area are not opening up for in person instruction.   Apparently there's a real bus driver and football referee shortage too in parts of town.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5434 on: July 30, 2020, 07:45:30 AM »
We're starting on 8/13 here and that's the earliest I can recall, though the average has probably been around 8/20 since our kids started school.

When I was in grade school and high school in the 80s, we often didn't start until after Labor Day.  If we did start earlier, it was typically just a half-week before the holiday.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5435 on: July 30, 2020, 09:06:56 AM »
there was some storming on the course last night - lightning horn blew as we were putting on #9

we stormed upstairs to the bar

the water ruined my chance at a good front 9
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5436 on: July 30, 2020, 09:15:28 AM »
That district does more of a block 'year round' schedule, hence the July start date.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5437 on: July 30, 2020, 09:48:48 AM »
Quote from: MarqHusker on July 30, 2020, 12:23:34 AM
Apparently there's a real bus driver and football referee shortage too in parts of town.
That I believe. In Minnesota, as of a couple of weeks ago, there were only around 1/3 of football officials compared with last year. Some of that is because deadlines for registration were pushed back to August 9, but considering the median age was well into the 50s, it's not a surprise.

Official guidance coming today in Minnesota for school re-openings. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5438 on: July 30, 2020, 11:00:03 AM »
Quote from: utee94 on July 30, 2020, 07:45:30 AM
We're starting on 8/13 here and that's the earliest I can recall, though the average has probably been around 8/20 since our kids started school.

When I was in grade school and high school in the 80s, we often didn't start until after Labor Day.  If we did start earlier, it was typically just a half-week before the holiday.
When I was a kid, we started right after Labor Day.
My guess about the change is that it was done to finish the first semester before Christmas Break.  Which is a good thing, I think.
But there are downsides.  Energy consumption is one of them.  It costs more to cool a school building in late August than it does in late May.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5439 on: July 30, 2020, 11:05:55 AM »
Quote from: CWSooner on July 30, 2020, 11:00:03 AM
When I was a kid, we started right after Labor Day.
My guess about the change is that it was done to finish the first semester before Christmas Break.  Which is a good thing, I think.
But there are downsides.  Energy consumption is one of them.  It costs more to cool a school building in late August than it does in late May.
Yes I think you're right, about finishing the semester before Christmas.  We always had a couple of weeks of the first semester AFTER Christmas which, once you're in secondary school, really messes up your ability to study for, and transition smoothly into, Finals.  So it's probably better this way.

Also agree on the downside for energy consumption, at least in the South. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5440 on: July 30, 2020, 11:18:39 AM »
I can still remember the first time that they made us start school before September 1st. Fifth grade. 

We still had finals after New Years, and didn't get out until early June. That shift came like ten years later. Like all of a sudden they said "you know. As long as we are starting in August, we could push it up to early August and wrap up the first semester by Christmas."
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5441 on: July 30, 2020, 11:49:04 AM »
most school bus drivers here are retired people - 65+
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5442 on: July 30, 2020, 11:52:41 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on July 30, 2020, 11:49:04 AM
most school bus drivers here are retired people - 65+
Same.  I went out for drinks a couple years ago with my FIL and a few of his friends.  His brother is a bus driver, and has been, but of the other 6 retirees there, 4 had become bus drivers after retirement.  They all worked for the one District that still owned and operated their own buses, and had a bus driver union.  Most districts around here outsource it now.  First Student services a lot of districts.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5443 on: July 30, 2020, 11:56:42 AM »
Quote from: utee94 on July 30, 2020, 07:45:30 AM
We're starting on 8/13 here and that's the earliest I can recall, though the average has probably been around 8/20 since our kids started school.

When I was in grade school and high school in the 80s, we often didn't start until after Labor Day.  If we did start earlier, it was typically just a half-week before the holiday.
We always started the Tuesday before Labor Day for kids starting a new school (K, 6, 9), then everyone Wednesday for a half day, then in earnest on Thursday, before a three day weekend.

The Northern MI tourist lobby was able to get the state to switch to a 4 day weekend for any District that went back before Labor Day when I was in 9th grade (I think?), so 1998.  After I graduated, they realized how dumb it was for most kids to go back for a day and a half, and then have a 4 day weekend, so they switched back to starting the Tuesday after.

We also added a mid-Winter break in late February to coincide with UMs Spring Break (which is always insanely early) because of how many people who live in Ann Arbor work for the University, and wanted their kid's Spring Break to line up with their own.  Others didn't want a Spring Break 3+ months before the end of the school year so the compromise was the mid-Winter week off, which basically eliminated every 3 day weekend
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5444 on: July 30, 2020, 12:05:53 PM »
Quote from: ELA on July 30, 2020, 11:56:42 AM
We always started the Tuesday before Labor Day for kids starting a new school (K, 6, 9), then everyone Wednesday for a half day, then in earnest on Thursday, before a three day weekend.

The Northern MI tourist lobby was able to get the state to switch to a 4 day weekend for any District that went back before Labor Day when I was in 9th grade (I think?), so 1998.  After I graduated, they realized how dumb it was for most kids to go back for a day and a half, and then have a 4 day weekend, so they switched back to starting the Tuesday after.

We also added a mid-Winter break in late February to coincide with UMs Spring Break (which is always insanely early) because of how many people who live in Ann Arbor work for the University, and wanted their kid's Spring Break to line up with their own.  Others didn't want a Spring Break 3+ months before the end of the school year so the compromise was the mid-Winter week off, which basically eliminated every 3 day weekend
As a kid, I never liked that weekend. You got a taste of school and then a stretch where the long return just loomed. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5445 on: July 30, 2020, 12:29:07 PM »
Yeah, I couldn't even enjoy that weekend, aside from college football starting
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