District Office

Snow Day Make Up Plan

by Kerri Thorne

February 15, 2010

SNOW DAY MAKE UP PLAN

***Please note: The 2 hour late start on February 15, 2010 will not need to be made up.***

It looks like it could be a long winter with many challenges. We need to make up some lost school time to meet accreditation guidelines and increase our chances to qualify for additional state aid. In order to help our parents and families plan ahead, we’re sharing what our “make up plan” is as we move into February.

Here’s what we know we need to do even if we don’t have any more school cancellations or late starts. Please go ahead and make the following changes on your calendars:

We will now have school on Friday, February 19^th (this is listed as a “school improvement day” on school calendars)
All five Wednesdays in March will now be full days of school (they are listed as 2:00 dismissals on school calendars) March 3^rd, 10^th, 17^th, 24^th, and 31^st
Thursday, April 1^st will now be a full day of school (this is listed as a 12:00 dismissal on school calendars)
All four Wednesdays in April will now be full days of school (they are listed as 2:00 dismissals on school calendars) April 7^th, 14^th, 21^st, and 28^th

*** If we have no more school closings, the four adjustments above are all we will need to do.

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If we do have more school cancellations, we will need to add those on to the end of our school year using this plan:

1 more snow day = school on Friday, May 21^st
2 more snow days = May 21^st and having school on Monday, May 24^th
3 more snow days = the two above and Tuesday, May 25^th
4 more snow days = the three above and Wednesday, May 26^th
5 more snow days = the four above and Thursday, May 27^th
6 more snow days = the five above and Friday, May 28^th

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** Please notice that Monday, February 22^nd remains a day that we do not have school as it is our turn to host the Central Conference Speech Meet.

** We left Spring Break as it is due to the fact that many students’ families have made arrangements to be gone over that time. No school for sure on March 11^th and 12^th.

** We left Easter Break as it is due to the fact that our public survey, as well as staff feedback, showed that the majority of our 300+ responders preferred to extend the school year in May or didn’t have a preference. No school for sure on April 2^nd and 5^th.

** GRADUATION will not change regardless of how many more snow days we have. (May 23^rd @ 2:00)