Summer vacation ain't what it used to be. The majority of SoCal school districts now opt for an August start date, with only a few South Bay stragglers sticking with the old-school, post-Labor Day start. And beware assuming that school starts and finishes roughly when it did last year, because schedules seem to change all the time.
This year Alhambra is first out of the gate, leading the back-to-school race with a pool-party-pooper start date of August 10; Torrance kids still get the most out of summer with their September 6 first day. Wondering where your district fits in, and how much time you have left for these 50 Free Things To Do in Summer? Bookmark our list below with start and finish dates for the school year all over LA County. And if what you read makes you wonder about what other school options are available to you, maybe our school guide can help.
Note: Where two dates are listed it's because there are different dates for the elementary and HS students. Los Angeles. LA Guide. Things To Do. Family Travel. Activity Calendar. Historically, the tourism and hospitality industries have favored later back-to-school dates, arguing that they give families more time to take vacations and teenagers more time to work summer jobs.
Earlier this year, the law was amended to permit districts to open up to two weeks earlier , so long as they also give students a four-day Labor Day weekend. Still, six of the 10 Virginia districts in our sample are starting their school years after Labor Day; two will open Aug. To get a sense of when students head back to school, we looked at the 10 largest local school districts by enrollment in each state except for Hawaii and the District of Columbia, which have only one district apiece.
We excluded private and parochial schools, public charter schools, state-run schools and other educational institutions that often operate on their own schedules. For each district in the sample, we determined the date or dates on which most of their first-throughth graders started fall classes.
Kindergartners often start school later than their older peers. When start dates were staggered by school or grade level, we used a date range. The 22 exceptions are in nearby Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.
Are students going back to school earlier than they used to? A separate Pew Research Center analysis found that U. Say "Alexa, enable the Pew Research Center flash briefing". It organizes the public into nine distinct groups, based on an analysis of their attitudes and values. Even in a polarized era, the survey reveals deep divisions in both partisan coalitions. Use this tool to compare the groups on some key topics and their demographics.
Pew Research Center now uses as the last birth year for Millennials in our work.
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