(Source: WGCL)
COBB COUNTY, GA (CBS46) -
We’re getting you answers about why the school year is starting earlier and earlier in Georgia. As an example, school starts on Monday in Cobb County and parents say that’s cutting their kid’s summer short.
“About the time you get ready to go on a vacation, they have to get back because school starts,” says Loretta Pigg.
Her granddaughter isn’t looking forward to going back to school either.
“I’d rather not,” her granddaughter says. “I’d rather go back…in the middle of August.”
So why are schools starting now in July?
We have learned that the school calendar was originally based off the farmer’s schedule. Times have changed and the schedules are shifting.
Dr. Barbara Hill has worked in education…
