From The Star: School days will be longer starting in fall – A new, longer day will provide more variety for students, cost just a bit more and extend contact time that teachers have with students by 80 hours over the course of the school year, beginning next September. The longer day will re-introduce a seven-period schedule in the grades 7-12 wing of the new school, allowing for more course offerings. It’s all part of a plan the Legislature put into… http://ow.ly/2GJ4jR