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Jul 10, 2009 11:09 am US/Pacific

State Flunks Chino Hills' Extended Year Plan

CHINO HILLS, Calif. (AP) ― Summer break will finally start for two Southern California schools after the California Board of Education rejected a district's plan to use summer sessions to make up for an administrative error.

Officials at Chino Valley Unified School District said Friday they have ended the sparsely attended classes and are now depending on a state bill that could waive a $5 million penalty for not meeting the legal requirement of school day hours.

Students had been attending extra classes since June 15 at Dickson Elementary in Chino and Rolling Ridge Elementary in Chino Hills. With grades already final, attendance dipped as low as 8 percent at Rolling Ridge.

The error happened when administrators shortened bell schedules on 34 Fridays below the requirement of 180 minutes per day.

  

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