Changes to calendar for school year

I went onto the schools website today and wow have they made changes. First the school is now going to start September 8th instead of in August. The other major change is that they are going back to semesters instead of trimesters. I think this is a really good change myself. I was never wild about the trimester scenerio, but it was not my call. I understood why they changed said it was to help the kids be better prepaired for college, bit I don't think it was good for the kids as the classes were to long especially for the younger ones.