Why didn't I get a week off randomly during high school?

So I'm driving around today, around 11:30 or 12, and start seeing all these high school kids just driving around in their cars. I'm thinking this is way to many kids just skipping class, especially at noon? C'mon now. I then drive by the school and see that there are no cars in the parking lot. Again, what the hell? I then find out from my sister that this is the new thing that there doing with the schools. Just giving them a week off I guess every now and then. I don't know the exact schedule, I kinda stopped listening after I heard they were doing this now and it pissed me off. For one at myself, I really need to start keeping up with what's going on in society, and second, why the fuck did I not get this when I was in school?! I mean this is complete bull shit! How many times during your 18 years of school (not counting college, obvi dummy) did you dream of just having a week off that didn't have a holiday or spring break attached to it? Well for me? All the fucking time! So not only do these little bastards get christmas, spring break, their half day wednesdays (which if they still get that then I'll lose my damn mind) or any other holiday they get a week off! I'll have to get bored enough to research it, but I actually want to know if this happens anymore in the school year. Worst of all, my school experience, minus this bull shit week off, has now aged me to the point that when I talk about how I had it in school I'll sound like my grandparents talking about there days in school. "Well back in my day....." Fucking hell, I'm 27 and now I've been forced into that type of story segue. I wasn't expecting that to happened till I was at least in my 40's or 50's. Shit!