French children normally have shorter days than the students in the UK but they attend monday to Saturday.
their day is normally 10am to about 3 or 4 pm depending on age of children
however the Saturday is only a morning at school .
There are 36 weeks of school a year.
Holidays are usually as follows:
End of October - 1 week
February-2 weeks
Christmas - 2 weeks,
April - 2 weeks;
summer (June-September) 9 weeks
probaly the same time as us like 8 hrs but its not a public school so maybe its less hours or more hours depending on what school your going to
They go to school 6 days a week.
at the age of five
2 days
7 days
It is safe to assume that all schools in New Orleans were closed because of Hurricane Sandy, but to find out how many days they were closed or if schools in other areas were closed, you should check newspapers or call the school district of the area you are interested in.
Closing schools because of snow depends on several factors, but mainly what the road conditions are. If snow is creating slick and hazardous road conditions, then schools should be closed.
In 1978, a massive blizzard hit the midwest and closed colleges in Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio that had never been closed for weather or had only closed a coiple of times. Though it would be hard to find a list of the schools that were closed because of the blizzard, it is safe to assume any school in the area of the blizzard was closed for at least a week, maybe longer.
Each school district creates their own calendar for what days schools will be closed. For your school's schedule, please check the calendar or ask a school official.
How often school are closed in a certain area depends on how many days the weather is bad, and that varies from year to year. To find out how many days schools were closed due to snow in a certain year, call the district's office.
Many schools are closed for Good Friday, but each school district in the United States determines their own calendar for days off. If there are schools that are not closed for Good Friday in Vermont, it would probably be a very small number.
In the US, schools close for federal holidays (President's Day, MLK Day, etc.). Schools could be closed for state holidays, too, as long as school is open the minimum number of days required.
There are no fines or penalties to pay, but the days schools are closed due to bad weather have to be made up.
There is a good website that lists the schools in the Chicago area that have permanently closed. It is called Illinois High School Glory Days. You can use the Related Link (scroll down) to go to the site.
To find out how many schools were closed a previous week, you could look in that week's newspapers for schools that were closed in your area.