How to survive the long school stretches without breaks
Extended blocks of the school year with few holidays—such as September through October or January through February—lead to severe fatigue and burnout. This exhaustion makes it difficult to maintain energy and morale during the grueling weeks between breaks.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1Waiting for upcoming months with more holidays and long weekendsDid this help you?
- 2Relying on district-provided fall breaks or professional development daysDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I swear to the entity who made me, the stretch between Labor Day and Columbus/Indigenous People Day feels like eternity!”source ↗
“I’ve always said that the longest stretch of the year is September through the end of October. There might be one PD day but that was it”source ↗
“I saw a post on Facebook asking teachers if they’re on fall break and it made me so depressed because not only am I not on fall break, I never will be.”source ↗
“In fact, I don’t have a break until THANKSGIVING! 😩”source ↗
“That’s right, I started the school year in mid August, and get no break, and no long weekend other than Labor Day weekend (which has obviously already passed) until the END of November!! 😭”source ↗
“I think the longest is January/February. There are 2 long weekends in there, yes, but it definitely feels the longest.”source ↗
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