The opening of St. Lucie County’s new Tradition Lakes K-8 school has been postponed by one week, leaving hundreds of parents scrambling to find last-minute child care arrangements.
St. Lucie Public Schools announced Thursday that the first day of classes will be pushed from Aug. 10 to Aug. 17, affecting approximately 1,100 students enrolled at the new school.
Parents received notification of the delay just four days before the originally scheduled opening, sparking frustration among families who had already arranged work schedules and child care around the initial start date.
Parents express frustration over short notice
“I was honestly annoyed, because school starts on Monday, it was Thursday when we got that call. You could have told us a week ago,” said Asia Shouford, a working mother of four children…