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Alternative academic calendars might make a difference.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 30-AUG-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Alternative academic calendars might make a difference.(Focus Tourism)

Article Excerpt
Earlier this month, North Carolina joined other states in a move to bolster its tourism industry.

North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley signed a bill that mandates traditional starting dates for public school students beginning next year. The new law requires most school districts to start classes no earlier than Aug. 25 and end by June 10, adding about two weeks to vacations. Teachers, who now get up to 20 planning days a year, will get 15.

So far, no movement to mandate later starts for public schools in Mississippi has taken place. While most Mississippi schoolchildren returned to class August 9, some on the Gulf Coast began August 5.

"We haven't received any complaints regarding school starting early in Mississippi," said Pete Smith, spokesperson for Gov. Haley Barbour. "We wouldn't set that policy. We would defer the issue to the Department of Education (MDE)."

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