Rejected petition stop the plans to extend school days to 9 hours a day

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The goverment is planning to make children go to school for nine hours a day (9am-6pm). Also cutting down the number of school holidays they have a year from 13 weeks to just 7 weeks! During winter months children will be travelling home in the dark, pupils also cannot focus for roughly 8 hours, therefore this plan should not go ahead! SIGN THE PETITION!

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Date submitted 31 January 2014
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