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Here's What Waukee Says About a School Start Date
Read what Waukee Patch readers have to say about the best start date for school. And share your views.
Waukee readers all seem to have an opinion -- and no two are the same -- about when students should start the next school year.
In this weekend's Iowa Patch Poll, we asked you when classes should resume. State law requires public schools to start classes the week of Sept. 1, but only a handful actually do.
In 2012, all but eight school districts started their first day of school during the month of August after receiving a state waiver, according to a recent report in the Des Moines Register. Tourism officials have asked state leaders to tighten restrictions on the waiver process. The state suggested Aug. 20 as a compromise start date.Patch asked readers to share their views, and you delivered. Here's a sampling of comments from Waukee.Patch.com and the Waukee Patch Facebook page.
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I think it should not start until at least Aug 20th, I think it should start after the Iowa State Fair is over. -- Janet Merical
Leave it to the school board to decide when school should start. We elect the board to make decisions like that after listening to the superintendent's recommendation. State fair dates and the tourism industry should have nothing to do with the decision. -- David LeonardLate August or post Labor Day -- Jaime Sandula-Jorstad
August 14th is way too early -- Tom Turcotte
After Labor Day -- Sherrill King Ress
I have teacher institute on Aug 15 and the high school starts earlier that week. -- Diane Eckert Howard
After Labor Day!! -- Carla Anderson
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