I was on the semester system when I attended community college in California, and school didn't start till September and ended in June, as it should [g].

Fall semester didn't end until the end of January, though, as I remember.

Oh, and when I went to Colorado State University, also on the semester system, we didn't start till the end of August, at least, and the semester ended just before Christmas. Indiana University didn't start till the end of August, either, and ended just before Christmas, so it wasn't even a Midwestern thing, not completely.

So it really doesn't have to be that way [g]. Not that you have any control over it...