Palm Beach County School calendar - Why It's a battle every year
The parents who came out, the emails sent, the messages school members heard last week: Starting school Aug. 10 is too early. Whether these complaints are reflective of a majority of parents in the district of 170,000 students or just a vocal minority, they sound a familiar refrain: Why can’t school just start later and end later? But those involved in building that calendar say it’s not that simple. An alternative is not so easy to come by. “Over time, for very legitimate and noble reasons, we’ve tweaked the schedule a half-dozen ways,” said Justin Katz, president of the Cl...
Source: palmbeachpost.com
