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Longer School Days Are Coming to Select Massachusetts Schools
Massachusetts is one of five states to add 300 hours of class time every year for certain schools. Will it help?

Karla joined Patch in mid-2010 as a Boston-area regional editor, making the leap into hyperlocal news after years of focus on the national and international news fronts at The Christian Science Monitor, CNN and CNN International -- doing online news since 1998. She has lived in a neighborhood she loves, Jamaica Plain, for more than 20 years, with a stint in lovely Atlanta sandwiched in the middle. Beyond the news, she is, among other things, a (fair-weather) biker, a rabid Celtic music fan and an unabashed church nerd.
Massachusetts is one of five states to add 300 hours of class time every year for certain schools. Will it help?

Massachusetts is one of five states to add 300 hours of class time every year for certain schools. Will it help?
Massachusetts is one of five states to add 300 hours of class time every year for certain schools. Will it help?
Massachusetts is one of five states to add 300 hours of class time every year for certain schools. Will it help?
Massachusetts is one of five states to add 300 hours of class time every year for certain schools. Will it help?
Massachusetts is one of five states to add 300 hours of class time every year for certain schools. Will it help?
An MIT student's midnight plunge this weekend sends him to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
The family of four injured today on I-95 in Walpole reportedly is from Lexington — and the story is dramatic.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Wellesley's Mass Bay was among the community colleges represented at today's meeting.
Massachusetts is one of 42 states that offer the lottery game; find Lexington retailers and tips on how to play here.