Sept 2014 planning - school question

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    Originally Posted By nk28

    Hi everyone!

    So I know it's way in advance as this school year really just started but....

    we're planning a trip next Sept for Disney and we're hoping to go when all the kids go back to school.

    Does anyone know when they're all back to the books Sept 2014 by any chance? :)
     
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    Originally Posted By mhartman47

    California schools tend to start early. As long as you avoid labor day weekend you should be fine. I would recommend early-mid September.
     
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    Originally Posted By Dabob2

    If they start early, that's a change from when I was a kid (which, admittedly, was a long time ago.)

    At that time, they could never start earlier than Sept. 10. The reasoning was that Sept. 9 was California Admission Day (the day CA was admitted to the union, and thus a state holiday.) So they didn't want to start school in early Sept., immediately have a day off for Labor Day, and then immediately have yet another day off for Admission Day.

    Is Admission Day still a state holiday? Are schools in session? I have no idea how it works now, but I do know that in the 60's and 70's, public schools could never start earlier than Sept. 10.
     
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    Originally Posted By nk28

    Thanks :) it must be still some sort of holiday or something because we went Sept 2010 thinking we were going to miss the school crowd because our kids were back in school...boy did we time it wrong (we went the week BEFORE the kids went back and hoboy were the parks ever crammed lol!)
     
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    Originally Posted By ksargen

    Honestly, I think mid/late September is better, because the school schedules around the parks are a little crazy...
    MOST public elementary, middle / Jr. High, and high schools start BEFORE Labor Day. PRIVATE schools, including colleges, and most public Colleges start AFTER Labor Day.
    My college starts BEFORE Labor Day, but we're our own thing. *LOL* Keeping just two school schedules straight is an exercise. Between the three of us at this house, we're on three calendars...

    For Some idea of crowds, check the Disneyland website, MouseWait calendar, and whatever that other crowd estimate program is... it'll give you a little better idea.
     
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    Originally Posted By nk28

    Thanks for the tips...I'll definitely be checking out the pages for crowd idea! :)
     
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