When do you think kids will return to school following the "January 2010 Blizzard?" (YMCA, closing)

[lolligrump]

Originally Posted by lolligrump

Actually Traditional Calendar Schools for Wake Cty, Monday's makeup day will be June 10th. If we go into Tuesday, then we start counting off the Spring Break days, starting with March 29th

I stand corrected. This from the Wake Cty Website today:

* Traditional Calendar: Monday, February 15 and Thursday, June 10
* Modified Calendar: Monday, February 15 and Monday, March 8
* Wake Early College: Monday, February 15 and Thursday, April 1
* Year-Round Calendar: Saturday, February 6 and Saturday, May 1.

[JQ Public]

I think my prediction may just hold

[zthatzmanz28]

Originally Posted by erin311

This makes so much more sense!! I'm a teacher in Johnston County, and we pull from our Spring Break right away. I've already lost one day (no complaints!) but hoping for no more after that.

Looks like SATURDAY school--unless it SNOWS!!

[Irvinegal]

Do a lot of families blow off the make up days? My kids say they just watch movies and don't get anything done on make up days anyway because of the low attendance. Just wondering.

[kickchick2000]

Originally Posted by Irvinegal

Do a lot of families blow off the make up days? My kids say they just watch movies and don't get anything done on make up days anyway because of the low attendance. Just wondering.

I'm a high school teacher in Granville County. Last year when we did a Saturday make-up day we had about 50% attendance. Due to attendance I personally prefer the make-up days to be closer to exams so that I can use the day as a review instead of a teaching day.

[mizunomom]

Originally Posted by Irvinegal

Do a lot of families blow off the make up days? My kids say they just watch movies and don't get anything done on make up days anyway because of the low attendance. Just wondering.

You are probably referring to the Saturday year-round makeup days (and your kids are correct), but this truly becomes a problem in high school. The traditional schedule makeup days are February 15 and June 10. The first makeup day will be used effectively, but hs students are essentially losing 2 full days of instruction with the June 10 makeup day due to block scheduling. Tacking on a day at the end of the year is simply worthless.

[roscomac]

The exam schedule will just be moved forward a day. The (last - depending on school) testing makeup day will likely be June 10 instead of June 9.

So don't worry - no days of instruction will be lost in high school.

[mizunomom]

Originally Posted by roscomac

The exam schedule will just be moved forward a day. The (last - depending on school) testing makeup day will likely be June 10 instead of June 9.

So don't worry - no days of instruction will be lost in high school.

It's still problematic with AP exams. These dates are set. But, the whole block schedule is a problem for AP courses . . . sorry, another topic for another day.

[GarnerMama]

Wake County closed tomorrow! Aaaaaahhhhhhhh!

[Priorityonecb]

Johnston County is a two hour delay tomorrow.