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DALLAS - Summer break ended Wednesday for students in a handful of school districts in North Texas.
It’s the first day of school for the Slocum and Frankston districts in Anderson County.
Both districts are on a four-day school week schedule this year.
Mount Calm in Hill County and Mexia, which covers part of Freestone County, also start Wednesday.
Combined the four districts have about 3,200 students.
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More than two dozen districts that are also on a four-day schedule will welcome students back on Monday. Mesquite and Quinlan ISD are the only two districts starting Monday not on a four-day schedule.
Some of the larger districts like Allen, Carrollton-Farmers Branch, Denton, Duncanville, Frisco, Forney, Garland, Hurst-Euless-Bedford, Lewisville, Little Elm, McKinney, Plano, Terrell and Waxahachie ISD will have their first day later next week.
Dallas ISD and Fort Worth ISD both return on Aug. 14.
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