pr2000

Alrighty...this is RIDICULOUS. I am a band director in Houston, and have taught for the last 7 years. Here is the deal... Schools cannot start before the last week of August. PERIOD. My school district starts on the 25th this year. In the past school districts could petition the state to start earlier, and many started around August 10th ( the 2nd week or so). They changed it a few years ago so that you can't start before the last week of August. It has NOTHING to do with past or present President's, etc. It has to do with tourism. They have a strong lobby here in Texas and finally won over the legislature and had them move it back because kids only got about 8 weeks off. Band and athletics got less because that first week of school would happen so early in August. Another issue is that many schools are on 9 week grading periods, and when you start earlier you can finish finals that week before Christmas. We start about 3 weeks later now, so we get back from Christmas break and then take finals the 2nd week of January. There were LOTS of meetings where administrators argued over this issue, and much wailing and gnashing of teeth ensued. We have our first football game the 5th day of school. Fun, huh? So let's drop this idiotic topic and move on. Nathan PR 2000 Lead Buick SUTA

PR's guard is worse that The Academy? REALLY???? WTF??? Did someone forget to bring equipment? Seriously...

Where is the trailer? I can't find it on the site. :(