I'm also determined that I'm going to meet my daughter's teacher when school starts, and not when it ends.

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"When school starts early, it shuts down businesses and these are the same businesses that pay school taxes, " she said.

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Each bed typically turns over annually, and a bed that is empty when school starts often remains empty for the entire semester.

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"This means that around 500, 000 children cannot go to school on the first of June, when the school year starts, " she said.

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For example, kids who play videogames for a few weeks each summer before shifting to competitive sports when the school year starts can run into trouble.

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The new guidelines clarify that written parental consent is not needed for each activity and encourage schools to use a new one-off consent form signed once when a child starts at a school.

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