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Jun 16, 2009 8:07 am US/Pacific

Office Error Forces SoCal Kids Into Summer School

CHINO, Calif. (AP) ― A clerical error will leave hundreds of elementary school students in Southern California staring longingly out of classroom windows for much of the summer.

Students at Dickson Elementary in Chino and Rolling Ridge Elementary in Chino Hills were supposed to be done with school on Thursday, but will have to make up 34 days or risk losing $7 million in state funds.

The problem is that the schools' occasional short days -- taken to allow teachers time for preparation -- were five minutes too short under state law, and don't count at all, even though the time missed could be made up in one or two days.

Fourth-grader Sean Cornish said his classmates "think it's dumb that they have to go to school for these extra days because some lady messed up."

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