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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>FYI—I just found this interesting.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Stacey</span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> NASSMC-NBS@nassmc.org
[mailto:NASSMC-NBS@nassmc.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Friday, August
22, 2003</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>8:04 AM</span></font><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> NBS@nassmc.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>U.S.</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> School
Start Times Vary Widely E/P NBS#2118</span></font></p>
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</span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:sans-serif'>NATIONAL </span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>ALLIANCE</span></font><font
size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>
OF STATE SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS COALITIONS<br>
News Brief #2118 Category: Education Policy <br>
TITLE: "School Start Times Vary Widely in </span></font><font size=2
face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>U.S.</span></font><font
size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>"<br>
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While schools are now following the same rules when it comes to testing, there
is no national consensus about the school calendar. School districts, even
within the same state, vary widely on their start dates for the school year. <br>
<br>
Among the many factors that affect the school calendar are county fairs, the
need for teenage labor, and teacher contracts. <br>
<br>
In northern </span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Maine</span></font><font size=2
face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>, for
example, school starts in the second week of August so that high schools can
shut down and free up teenage workers for the potato harvest in September. <br>
<br>
In </span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:sans-serif'>Virginia</span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>, a state law influenced by the
tourism needs of the King's Dominion theme park prohibits schools from opening
before Labor Day, unless they receive state permission. <br>
<br>
In </span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:sans-serif'>Rock Hill</span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>, </span></font><font size=2
face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>South
Carolina</span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>, schools open August 6 in order to accommodate
holiday schedules and test preparation. <br>
<br>
In general, school start times are getting earlier. According to Market Data
Retrieval, about three out of four schools start classes before September 1.
Fifteen years ago, just half of schools started that early. <br>
<br>
SOURCE: </span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:sans-serif'>Washington</span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'> Post (Associated Press), </span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>16
August 2003</span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'> <br>
WEBSITE: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3386-2003Aug16.html </span></font><br>
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