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Published: June 8, 2008
Year-round schools gaining attention
By Wendy K. Kleinman
Students at three schools in Oklahoma City finally got out of school this week, though their summers will be shorter than most.

They attend year-round schools, a model that one principal says has significant advantages.

"We have less reteaching time,” Sequoyah Elementary Principal Montie Koehn said of how a shorter, eight-week summer means students return more ready to learn.

"It cuts down on chaos,...

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