Yep. Plus two weeks for xmas. But I think they start earlier (usually last week of August) so it's the same amount of schooldays. Since it's not superhot in the Bay Area there's not the big cost savings you get in the South by keeping the air conditioning off for an extra week.

It's the same number, more or less, of instructional minutes at any public school in California. I love ski week in February, but I almost always wished it were in March instead because March is a long slow month of every-day attendance.

You could have Dumbo, where the mother gets locked up in the psycho bin...?

Our public school in NoCal is in session -- just not today.

I will not let him see Dumbo. NO WAY.

Disney is notorious for orphaning children. I've wondered how much of that was because Disney himself was an adopted child.

(And was, by birth, Hispanic.)

Casper has a teacher in-service day today. Our "spring break" is in March. Of course, our school year started Aug. 7 and ends May 20, which makes NO sense wrt air-conditioning season in Georgia.

I'm afraid you've been Snopesed on that one, Theodosia. [link]

Why must all kids in kid's movies deal with separation from family?

My Sam falls into that category. It's cliche, and a kid's worst fear, to be left alone in the world.

How am I gonna sell this book again?

Whoa! Never saw that one coming -- and I was only told the 'adopted' child version, not the love child one, either.

Whoa! Never saw that one coming

I know, right? It just doesn't sound wacky enough to be made up.