2 Oakland schools extend school day to 9 hours

2 Oakland schools extend school day to 9 hours Jill Tucker, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Print E-mail Share Comments (1) Font | Size: 5 0 MORE NEWS Earl threatens US Coast after hitting Caribbean 08.31.10 MySpace users can now Sync up with Facebook 08.30.10 Iran distances itself from insult to Bruni-Sarkozy 08.31.10 School became a full-time job for sixth-graders at two Oakland middle schools where students clocked in on the first day of school Monday at 8 a.m. and headed home at 5 p.m., about three hours later than other students in the district. The new nine-hour school day might sound like an adolescent nightmare, but district officials hope that more time in class will help boost the test scores of students at United for Success Academy and Elmhurst

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