Spring Break May Get Cut for Sandy Make-Up Days
Board of education considers how to make up time lost in storm's aftermath.
The board of education is preparing to make a decision on make-up days due to Hurricane Sandy based on two plans that could eliminate much of spring break if additional snow days are needed. After having to close the district for more than a week because of power outages caused by the hurricane, Superintendent of Schools Michael Schilder began to devise several plans for making up the days. "Every bit of information I am hearing is that the governor and education commission will not forgive having to make up those days," he said at Tuesday's board of education meeting. 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 …
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Wilbur
10:20 am on Sunday, November 18, 2012
How about we get rid of the slew of half days we endure at the end of the year? The kids don't learn, the teachers show movies! Last year, it was reported some teachers collected the textbooks with two weeks of school to go. Turn those back into full, academic days like they should be. Then you can leave the calendar alone. more ›