Thousands of students in the South Bay attended the first day of school, Wednesday, with a late start prompted by state law.
School started, today, for thousands of students in the South Bay. For most of them, classes started later in the day than usual. KPBS Education Reporter M.G. Perez went to the Sweetwater Union High School District and has more on the new late-start schedule and its consequences.
Parents in the Sweetwater Union High School District had some extra time to get their kids to school because of a state law that's now in effect. The late start also means the school day doesn’t end until 3:30 or 4 p.m. pushing extracurricular activities even later than that.Daryl Davis is a parent in the Sweetwater Union High School District and he's happy to drop off his son at the new time.
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