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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry for such a newbie question but my kid is rising K — how do they handle snow days?  Do those add to the year?[/quote]

They have the ability to add them to the end of the year, but that is never decided until around late March or April. There are other days scattered throughout the calendar that could also be used as make-up days. But again, they will only be in April or later. There was talk last year about having virtual at-home days instead of cancelling school on snow days. They have not actually done that yet, but they have the option to now.[/quote]

+1. There’s no real answer. There are two extra days built in. The days marked PD/M are coded as possible make up days. They mainly hope it won’t snow. Sometimes it doesn’t, but it usually does at least a little. [b]They need to get permission from the state to waive days[/b] if we have an extended blizzard or something. Hogan said no last time MoCo asked bc he had a whole chest puffing match with Elrich. That year we did add to the end of the year, but it’s not usually the case. They may or may not use virtual. I think they would actually like to, but can’t get a pulse on just how many teachers and families would throw a fit and whether the state would count it. [/quote]

No, they need to provide enough days of education so that if they lose a couple to a snow storm, they don't deprive kids of their legally mandated time in school.  Why are you so cavalier when a huge number of kids are so behind?  If going to school doesn't matter for several days, then you should apply pressure on the school system to step it up and MAKE it matter.  [/quote]

Not PP, but why ae you arguing and saying "no"?  PP provided a factual answer to the question asked.[/quote]

If you look at my post, you will see that I bolded the statement from the PP "They need to get permission from the state to waive days."  I disagree with throwing educational time away, so I responded "No" and went on to explain my disagreement.  [/quote]

Maybe they could take all the extra fees they are suddenly charging me double on with my county parking meters and funnel that revenue toward snow removal infrastructure so the roads can be cleared more quickly and schools can reopen sooner. [/quote]

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