The Bay Area’s freeways will be more congested and the airport lines far longer Friday, as the unofficial final weekend of summer kicks off with the Labor Day holiday weekend.

But if you think the holiday is feeling … different these days, you’re not alone.

“It’s packed, but what I can tell you is that it’s typically not like you see” on other warm-weather holiday weekends like Memorial Day and the Fourth of July, AAA spokesperson Doug Johnson said. The three-day weekend typically turns into a four-day break for many.

Changes to school calendars in recent years may have a lot to do with it.

“I remember as a kid, I always missed the first day of school, because it was always right after Labor Day, and my family was trying to do the last-chance-for-summer thing,” Johnson said. “But now,

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