TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Summer’s over for school children in southwest Florida’s Charlotte County.
Tuesday is the first day of classes in Charlotte, the first of Florida’s 67 school districts to kick off the 2012-13 academic year.
Charlotte is one of seven districts starting this week. Brevard, Citrus, Lee, Nassau and Walton counties start Wednesday and Sumter County on Thursday.
Seven more districts begin classes next week, while 49 districts will start on Aug. 20.
The remaining four districts will open their schools from Aug. 21 through Aug. 29.
The school year will end as early as May 22 for students in Brevard and as late as June 7 for students in nine counties.
