As fellow seniors talk and clean out their lockers, Seth Hult holds a year book he signed while searching for the owner in North Branch, Minn., on May 5, 2014. Some Minnesota school districts that shaved a day off their weekly calendar to save money are returning to five day weeks in the fall. North Branch is voluntarily adding back the day after a financial crisis has eased. Two others, Onamia and Clearbrook-Gonvick, have no choice but to shift back to five days after having applications to renew their four-day schedule denied by the state Education Department. (Associated Press/The Star Tribune, David Joles)
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