EDUCATION / SMART RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS : When District Doors Open

Time to sharpen pencils and dust off that graphing calculator: Classes are about to start for Orange County public school students. Here’s the start date for the county’s 27 school districts. Schedules differ for some students--particularly those who attend year-round schools.

* Anaheim City: year-round

* Anaheim Union: Sept. 9

* Brea Olinda Unified: Sept. 1*

* Buena Park: Sept. 7

* Capistrano Unified: Sept. 9**

* Centralia: Sept. 7

* Cypress: Sept. 7****

* Fountain Valley: Sept. 8

* Fullerton Joint Union: Sept. 2

* Fullerton: Sept. 7

* Garden Grove Unified: Sept. 9

* Huntington Beach City: Sept. 7

* Huntington Beach Union: Sept. 8

* Irvine Unified: Sept. 9***

* La Habra: Sept. 7

* Laguna Beach Unified: Sept. 9

* Los Alamitos Unified: Sept. 7

* Magnolia: Sept. 13****

* Newport-Mesa Unified: Sept. 9

* Ocean View: Sept. 8

* Orange Unified: Sept. 7****

* Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified: Sept. 7

* Saddleback Valley Unified: Sept. 9*****

* Santa Ana Unified: year-round

* Savanna: Sept. 13

* Tustin Unified: Sept. 7****

* Westminster: Sept. 9

* Except for Brea Canyon High, already in session.

** Except for Ambuehl and Foxborough schools, already in session.

*** Varies for some middle school students.

**** For schools on a traditional calendar.

***** Except for some seventh-graders.

Source: School districts