Earlier start to school year in Champaign on board's agenda

CHAMPAIGN – Champaign high school students will be taking semester exams next Thursday and Friday. But that doesn't mean most of them were hard at work studying during their winter break.

"Over break, you hang out with friends and sleep all day and don't really study," said Centennial High School junior Amber Adams. "You don't really want to think about school that much. Then you come back and, 'Oh, I forgot what we're doing.' A lot of material gets lost."

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