Meredith Palmer, Davidson County Schools director of community relations, said her system will make up Monday on March 5, Tuesday on April 7, and Wednesday April 6.
“These days were set in that order when the calendar was approved,” she said. “Those make-up dates in that order were communicated to parents before the calendar was approved. It has been in subsequent publications that have gone out to students. It’s on our Web site, and we are following it just as we said we would.”
Palmer said Davidson County Schools has one remaining snow day left – June 10. She said any other make-up days would have to be set by the Davidson County Board of Education.
Rick Jones, career technical education director of Thomasville City Schools, said his system is slated to make up days on April 6, April 7 and June 10. Although the Thomasville Board of Education has approved the make-up days in its 2009-10 calendar, the school board has to formally approve them, Jones said.
“Right now, we don’t have a whole lot of wiggle room,” Jones said. “... It’s one of those things where I’m hoping we don’t have any more snow.”
Jones said the system has no remaining make-up days in its calendar. If there is more snow, the system has the options of using Memorial Day or adding days to end of the school year, which would require a waiver from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, Jones said.
Beverly Fowler, executive assistant with Randolph County Schools, said Monday will be made up Feb. 15, Tuesday on April 9, and Wednesday on April 8. Fowler said the system has other make-up days set for April 6, April 7 and June 9.
Tony Peele, director of human resources for Davidson County Schools, said school systems don’t have much leeway with setting make-up days because of state law.
“If we could spread them out and have breaks at different times, put more days off in the calendar, then we could leave spring break alone,” he said.
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