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School bell could ring a little earlier for LAUSD
- 04-12-2010
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By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News
Summers could get shorter for thousands of local teens who would start the fall semester three weeks before Labor Day if new school calendars are approved by Los Angeles Unified officials this week. LAUSD board members will vote on two plans Tuesday that would affect school start times and winter and summer breaks for 16 San Fernando Valley high schools. The first plan would start classes for 13 local high schools on Aug. 16 and end the year on June 3. The goal is to simulate the college calendar and allow students to take winter finals before their December vacations start. A separate plan being considered Tuesday would put three high schools in the East San Fernando Valley on a calendar that starts the year on Aug. 9 and ends it on June 23. (more...)
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