All part of the warehousing of kids plan to keep that money flowing and to let parents go to work without paying for sitters.

A famous study that aired every day for months on the Kentucky learning channel in the 1980s showed that when there are only five kids per teacher for two hours a day, students can go up a grade every TWO WEEKS.

All the rest of the time in public school is warehousing..holding all the kids back in lockstep for the slowest kid in the classroom in order to keep them in school as long as possible.

When I was home schooling my kids, they started reading at two and were reading library books by the basketful by four, doing algebra at five. I hadn't planned to even start teaching them until they were five, but they had other ideas.

A bus, my other car. Driver meeting Tuesday but school does not begin until the 4th. Will take the bus out for a spin one day the week before school begins. Same route as last year for me so really just a road test and final check.

...And the unforgiving hand of realism has made it's presence felt... Sorry!

It's so soon for a tree to be that turned! Same here - they are early this year.

companies make $ when school is open maybe? does a longer school year translate to better test scores? and/or profits? does it free up parents in the labor force? are they building in more snow days or holidays?

companies make $ when school is open maybe? does a longer school year translate to better test scores? and/or profits? does it free up parents in the labor force?

Got their day mixed up maybe. Or yeah... Smoked weed and wanted to practice the route.

Maybe they are new to the job and they are practicing.