Make-Up Days Cut Presidents Day Long Weekend
Board of Education chooses an option that does not lengthen the school year.
The board of education opted Tuesday to eliminate Presidents Day weekend to make up for days of school lost during the power outages following Superstorm Sandy. This was part of a new option created by Superintendent of Schools Michael Schilder to account for being closed more than a week following the storm. According to Schilder, after closing for power outages, the schools are broken up into two categories based on how many days they were closed. The Bridgewater-Raritan High School, Hillside Intermediate School, Bradley Gardens Primary, Hamilton Primary, John F. Kennedy Primary, Milltown Primary and Van Holten Primary were all closed for six days due to the hurricane, but got two of those days back by being open on Nov. 8 and Nov. 9, …
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Annoyed_dad
12:55 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The plan is not in the best interest of students. They need a break. Just because a few board members want to send their kids away to camp in June doesn't mean the rest of the district should plow though the winter. At least one of the days should be added in June. Maybe when the new members are added to the board, there will be more people who make decisions based on all the students rather than… more ›