It still strikes me as weird that in some places schools start in August.

Ikr. It must be SEPTEMBER 🍂

that happens here due to hurricane season. if no hurricane, extra days added to winter and spring breaks

My kid goes to a STEM charter that started a few weeks ago and they go until mid June. All her neighborhood friends go to other schools and haven't started yet.
It's nice with this schedule because they don't lose as much of their academic skills over the summer break and then they get more days off throughout the year.

The schools started up here Friday before last. I think it’s way too early but they are doing it this way due to having air conditioning in all of the schools now. When I was going to school here they started around the first of September. I remember enrollment was about the 23rd or 24th of August one year.

I grew up in the 80s/90s in the US, grad '99)
and even I find it nuts they now start in the Middle of August....

Always September for most here. August would traumatize so many here.

People north of the Alps and their weird customs 🥴

In my country before covid all Medical colleges used to start new batch from August 😜

Subby calendar

Up in Scotland, they're already back at school :)

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It's still strange to me too. It should start in September.

Here they start in the last week of August so they get familiar with the classes, teachers and facility. The teaching doesn’t start till after the Labour Day long weekend.

September 6th here.

Los Angeles city schools always started after Labor Day.