jeff atkins explains why the date was pushed up. >> many high school students were challenged because they had to finish the exams after frustration for them and the families. >> reporter: state law dictated the change, and most districts could not open any earlier than 2 weeks before labor day. leaders pushed for the change making it easier for students to retain the material learned in the 1st semester, and they will have more class time ahead of the state >>> polk, pasco, and sarasota start next monday. all school districts will end in may, and last year some districts did not end until june. >>> it'sday 7 of the rio games, and our usa athletes are ready to go for gold once again. a live picture from rio. here's the events. katie ledecky will be swimming in the freestyle, and the 800- meter freestyle. missy franklin won gold in this event in london, but she did not make the final. we have our first day of track and field today. the first medal from the women's 10,000-meter this morning at 10:00. and also the women's soccer team will be in action today, facing sweden in a quarter fi

jeff atkins explains. >> many of the high school students have been challenged. when we started later in the year, they had to finish their exams after the winter break causing a lot of frustration for them and families. >> reporter: state law dictated the change, they couldn't open any earlier than two weeks before labor day. legallers pushed for the change so the midterms will be finished before the holiday break in easier for students to retain material. they will have more class time ahead of state testing in march. aisle >> sarasota students head back august 22. all of them will end in may of next year. some of them didn't end until june. >>> if you have been cheated, when you need help, she's on better call behnken. >> more than $1 million. that is how much our better call behnken phone bank has returned to the rightful owners over the past 24 hours. that total is still going up tonight. so stick around to find out more about just how much some of our viewers will walk away with. despite fears of zika virus, people are still flocking to the state of florida