c	Year-Round Calendar Year-round Schools are an odius idea. They deprive kids of carefree childhoods, ignor the benefits of extended vacations and operate on the false assumption that children suffer academic amnesia when given a 10-week summer break. MORE News Story Exerpts Of Interest: Dropped Year-Round Calendars Two year-round schools switched to traditional calendars and the Dixon Unified School District added an extra week to winter break, said Superintendent Wally Holbrook. MORE Dixon Unified School District Year Starts Earlier DIXON -- All students will hit the books earlier this year when they begin school Wednesday as part of plan to cut costs and boost attendance. MORE More Students Mean More Competition For Cars Parents of middle school students might have to leave a little earlier if they want to get their children to class on time. MORE d Early August Start Date Utah Students Coping With Heat The school year is getting started this week for a number of school districts around the state and a number of them are dealing with the annual challenge of coping with the late summer heat. MORE Backlash grows as some schools begin next week For more families with kids in school, August is the new September. In a shift that is confounding summer vacation plans and sparking outcries from both parents and the tourism industry, school districts are increasingly pushing the academic year into the lazy days of August -- with some districts starting classes as early as next Monday. MORE