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Snow-day rules fuzzy about early dismissal
I wrote recently about Sugarcreek Schools’ snow-day decision-making process, with Superintendent Keith St. Pierre saying safety would trump schedule concerns no matter how many days had to be canceled.
But the district faced an interesting schedule decision Thursday, Jan. 15.
The schools had a one-hour early dismissal planned for that day. When it became clear a few days ahead of time that there might be a 2-hour delay due to cold, the district saw that an already shortened day could be cut almost in half.
Students, parents and staff were notified that if a 2-hour delay was called, the early dismissal would be canceled. And that’s what happened Thursday.
St. Pierre said a big part of that move was because teachers and students needed more time in school with this being exam week, but he said there was also a state regulation angle.
There are minimums as far as the number of classroom hours required for a day to count, and St. Pierre said he was aware that Sugarcreek would have been right near the edge of those rules with a delay and early dismissal.
Kettering schools faced the same dilemma but did not cancel their early dismissal.
Ohio Department of Education spokesman Scott Blake said cases like these are evaluated individually, but if the early dismissal was for certain types of staff development activity, the schools would probably be OK, and the day would count.
Sugarcreek didn’t take that chance, so their day counted for sure.
Not a bad move, since school was canceled Friday, leaving the district only one more calamity day before it would have to add a day to the end of the year.
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