As apposed to Australia for example where the school year starts in February and ends in November? Am assuming because summer falls in between?
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You are correct! It's so the kids are off for the summer.
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Because the american's are backward. They even drive on the wrong side of the road haha.
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Because of the importance of farming to the early American settlers, schools were closed in the summer so that the children could tend the crops and do other farm chores. That tradition continues today, but very few children still help on the farm.
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