Monday morning, Kimberly Marshall will help her sixth-grade daughter, Madison, pack up before she walks out to the bus stop, where she'll head off to class at Franklin Township Middle School - East. Last year, this would still be relatively fresh to Madison. But this year, her first session of coursework is already a third over. Marshall, 41, and her daughter are among many families adjusting to life under a new "balanced'' school calendar that shortens summer break, but adds additional two-week breaks in the fall and spring in dozens of school districts across Central Indiana. The idea was still relatively new when Indianapolis Public Schools, the state's largest school district, moved to...
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