Why does school end in summer?

Summer vacation has little to do with tilling fields and more to do with sweaty, rich city kids playing hooky and their sweaty, rich parents. Before the Civil War, farm kids never had summers off. They went to school during the hottest and coldest months and stayed home during the spring and fall, when crops needed to be planted and harvested. read more

In Kuwait, summer vacation for elementary and middle school, [1st to 9th grade] starts at the end of May or at the beginning of June and ends at the Beginning to late September, sometimes as far as early October (Public Schools). read more

School summer holidays in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa begin in early-December and end in early February, with the dates varying between states. In India, school ends in late April and resumes in early or mid June. read more