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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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A policy handbook states "shorts may be worn Aug.-Oct." is that August 1st to October 1st or August 1st through October 31st?
  

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Lacking any other information, it is August through October, inclusively, so August 1 through Oct. 31. This must be a different climate from the one I'm used to.

  • Lacking any other information, it is August through October, inclusively, so August 1 through Oct.
  • 31.
  • This must be a different climate from the one I'm used to.
  • By October 30, we're wearing sweaters, and we'd like to be wearing shorts starting in May.
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Lacking any other information, it is August through October, inclusively, so August 1 through Oct. 31. This must be a different climate from the one I'm used to. By October 30, we're wearing sweaters, and we'd like to be wearing shorts starting in May.

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