LAUSD adopts plan to start 2012 school year 3 weeks earlier
By Susan Abram/Torrance Daily Breeze
All Los Angeles Unified campuses will begin the 2012-13 school year three weeks earlier than usual under a school board vote Tuesday to push forward with the long-delayed early-start calendar. The 2012-13 school year will start next Aug. 14, and will conclude June 4 the following year, with a three-week break dividing the fall and spring semesters. "The closure we're able to gain at the end of the fall semester allows our students to have a break that was before filled with projects and work," said Herman Clay, principal at Cleveland High in Reseda, one of 18 LAUSD campuses that has already implemented the schedule. "Our parents were very pleased with this event, and we received many comments that they were glad their children were able to relax during the break," he said. (more...)