LAUSD looking to expand early start

The "early start" calendar launched this year at 17 schools would be expanded throughout Los Angeles Unified in 2011, although some parents are mobilizing against the plan that would start classes in mid-August.Connie Llanos in the Daily News,

The school board is scheduled to vote next month on a calendar that would move up the start of the school to Aug.15, instead of after Labor Day. Classes would end June 1, about three weeks earlier than usual.

Proponents say the calendar mirrors the schedule used by most colleges, so would better prepare LAUSD students for a post-secondary education.