By now, I’m a Californian. I’ve been living here most of my life. But, I was born a Midwesterner. In the Midwest, you started school the day after Labor Day. Summer officially ended, you stopped wearing white, and you went back to school. LAUSD extended the Summer of 2015 by one week. However, we’re still heading back mid-August…prime pool weather. While I won’t really be ready come August 18th, I do look incredibly forward to a very simple, neighborhood thing that harkens back to simpler times…walking to school. It is truly heartwarming to see all the kids and parents and four leggeds come rambling down the hills from every direction towards school. Our community coming together. It takes a village.