[sweetmtn]

Sorry, but the only thing you can count on, is you CAN NOT count on anything. Orders change, rules change and things get done last minute in many cases...BUT! GENERALLY, Grad N Go IF your A school is at Great Lakes, COULD mean you will go across the street to your A school, check in there and be able to spend the entire weekend with your family..MAYBE, never for absolute!
If your A school is somewhere where you have to be flown out to go, you MAY or MAYNOT get to spend time with the family, generally I have seen in this case the new sailor only have ONE HOUR with family. In this case it is advised that the family go to the airport and meet their sailor at the USO and spend the time waiting with them for their flight. (this is where you can have your cell phone and laptop!)
Flights out to A schools can be made any time from Friday right after PIR all the way to 7 days after boot. If after boot and after Sunday..the new sailor will STILL be on the bootcamp side and have NO newer privileges, ie: no phone, laptop, etc..UNTIL they arrive at their A school, when ever that may be.
So if your A school is a place to be flown out to and you do NOT have a flight until at least Monday after PIR, you will get Friday after PIR til about 9 at night with family, and again Saturday and Sunday from about 6 in the morning til 9 at night each day with family.
Hope this clears this up some!