GET READY, GET SET: Go Back to School.(living)

BYLINE: JOHN PRZYBYS, REVIEW-JOURNAL

Gather around, parents. This one's multiple choice:

A. Hold your breath in nervous anticipation because, in only eight days, the kids will head out of the house and back to school.

B. Exhale in joyous relief because, after having the kids underfoot all summer, they'll be heading back to school in only eight days.

Which statement you select depends upon how you feel about the start of another school year and all it entails.

In either case, it's almost time. And, valley elementary school principals say, there's time for parents to help their children ease back into the school-year routine.

For many Southern Nevada children, "summer vacation" isn't the traditional three-month time off many parents remember from their own school days. But principals say anticipation of beginning a new school year is much the same for both year-rounders and track-break pupils.

For example, pupils at Garehime Elementary School have three weeks off for summer break before they return to school on Aug. 30. They will…