{"id":403248,"date":"2026-08-11T05:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T05:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/403248\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T05:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T05:02:14","slug":"texas-rep-patterson-calls-mid-august-school-start-among-states-dumbest-things-we-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/403248\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Rep. Patterson calls mid-August school start among state&#8217;s \u201cdumbest things we do\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/send-us-your-pics-share-your-back-to-school-photos-with-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SHARE YOUR BACK-TO-SCHOOL PHOTOS HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AUSTIN &#8211; A new debate is brewing in Texas over when students should start the school year, with North Texas state Rep. Jared Patterson calling for a later start date and saying beginning classes in August is a costly mistake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStarting school during the hottest month of year is among the dumbest things we do as a state,\u201d Patterson wrote on X. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t make sense for student athlete safety, it doesn\u2019t make sense for the economy, it doesn\u2019t make sense for ISD budgets, and it doesn\u2019t make sense for the electric grid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patterson also argued that \u201ccooling the largest buildings during the hottest month is an extreme waste of taxpayer dollars,\u201d and said, \u201cTeachers shouldn\u2019t go back until Sept 1, and students after that. Stay in school longer through May. Even early June would better than mid-August. Legislation is coming (again).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Rep. Craig Goldman responded on X, saying he and former state Rep. Matt Krause previously pushed for a similar change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@MattKrauseTX and I tried for many sessions @JaredLPatterson,\u201d Goldman wrote. \u201cStart date should be the Tuesday after Labor Day and last day of school should be the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. The problem is, it makes common sense and you know what happens when you bring that into government? Good luck in the 90th!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SHARE YOUR BACK-TO-SCHOOL PHOTOS HERE AUSTIN &#8211; A new debate is brewing in Texas over when students should&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-403248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}