HTN: Schools to Open Early Next September

Labor Day is typically the unofficial end of summer, but next year kids in New York State may already be back at school. That's because the holiday is as late as it can get, falling on September 7th, of 2009. Some hometown districts don't want to wait that long to get children back to class. So next year, school is set to begin the week before, and kids will get a three day weekend just a few days into the school year. Officials say waiting until the following week might put vacation days at risk or run the chance of not getting the required 180 school days in before the end of June.