lunabee34

I thought it was really weird at first, too, but I have come to like it. The first day of school is always a throw away anyway, just orientation and acclimation stuff. So they do all that on a Friday, and when they come back to school on Monday, they can start actual learning and class. Also, we live in a pretty rural area, and often getting school supplies entails driving to a city about 40 minutes away. We do have a small Wal-Mart here, but the school supplies go really quickly. If school starts on a Monday, we're looking at traveling to get supplies on a school day; if it starts on Friday, we can do it over the weekend.