Desert Sands not considering shortening school year

For students in the Desert Sands Unified School District, school begins in just a few weeks.

So far, the district has not shortened the school year despite the state’s deepening budget crisis.

“It’s really basically right on this year,’’ said Judy Fuentas, DSUSD’s executive assistant of personnel.

Despite fears that the coming school year could shrink to 150 or 155 days – from the current minimum of 175 days set by the state in 2009 – nothing has been proposed by the state Legislature, State Board of Education or Gov. Jerry Brown, according to California Watch.

The first day of school is set for Aug. 29 for the following Palm Desert schools:

• Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
• George Washington Charter School