By Dan Bobkoff
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BOSTON, mA – Students have been getting out of school in the early afternoon since the days when most of them had to go help with the farm after classes. But is the current school schedule obsolete? Lawmakers in Boston are getting closer to passing legislation that will make it easier for school districts to expand the school day and the school year.
WAMC's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Dan Bobkoff has the story.