Glad that you have made it back safe and sound. We have had friends whose children have started this year anywhere from August 3rd to August 2Oth. Our state mandates so many teacher inservice days that the local children have at least one day off per month. I looked at the school calendar for this year and there are 12 inservice days and at least 2 days off per month. Some of the teachers had to start back to school on August 10th.