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Article: Labor Day school feud resurfaces; A Senate bill that would repeal state law and let schools open before Labor Day gets a promise of a fight from foes of an early start.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- January 30, 2007
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Byline: Norman Draper; Staff Writer
Two years after legislators seemingly settled the question of whether Minnesota schools could start before Labor Day, the debate is being reignited.
Sen. Ann Lynch, DFL-Rochester, and a former Rochester school board member, has proposed repealing the law that prohibits schools from starting before Labor Day, except under special circumstances.
Lynch's proposal is simple: Let schools start when they darned well want to.
"Simply put, it allows districts to determine what their school calendars will be," Lynch said. She stressed that her plan allows schools to start after Labor Day if that's what worked ...