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Bluebag Media
Districts enjoy
weather, stick with Calamity Days
DARKE COUNTY – “Only one two-hour delay due to fog this year,” said
Greenville Superintendent Doug Fries. “A lot better than last year.”
The district lost two full days, plus some two-hour delays by this time
the previous year, primarily due to fog.
Fries said he was optimistic this time with the board-approved calendar
of five allotted calamity days and five make-up days to use if needed.
The schedule for this year had already been set when the Ohio
Legislature passed HB 416 giving schools additional options. Some
districts in northern Ohio had lost as many as 13 calamity days by that
time. Greenville had lost nine.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed the bill on March 26 allowing schools to
add four calamity days to their regular five days that don’t need to be
made up. This can happen after schools had used four of their required
contingency plan days.
With the first quarter of the 2014-15 school year wrapped up, Jim
Atchley, superintendent of Ansonia Local Schools and Mississinawa
Valley Local Schools, and John Stephens, superintendent of
Arcanum-Butler Local Schools, also were comfortable with school
calendars approved by their boards.
Atchley said both Mississinawa Valley and Ansonia had the legally
allowed five days, plus two scheduled makeup days during the year and
three to be tacked on at the end of the year.
“Mississinawa Valley also has three e-days (working at home on the
Internet) as options if needed. Ansonia does not at this time.” Atchley
added they were off to a great start in both districts with no off days
or delays…
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