Think you’ve heard the last of the cruel winter of 2009-2010?
Not exactly, especially if you happen to live in the Interboro School District.
You see there’s this pesky little state law that mandates students attend school for 180 days each year.
This year Old Man Winter wreaked havoc with that kind of schedule.
And now kids in the district are about to pay the price.
In order to get in the required amount of time, the Interboro School Board recently voted to hold a half-day of class on Primary Day, May 18, and another half-day on June 5.
No big deal, right?
There was some discussion about the problems of having kids in Norwood School on primary day, but that’s not really the one that caught my eye.
It was that other date, June 5. So what’s the big deal? June 5 is a Saturday.
Ouch! I’m glad I did not have to make that decision.
I’m guessing it is not going to be well-received.
Hey, maybe it will be a cold, rainy day. But if it’s a gorgeous sunny Saturday, I think we can predict a sudden case of “summertime blues” to grip the district, and a high absenteeism rate.
School on Saturday. Just the sound of it is probably enough to send tremors through the hearts of young people.
Not exactly, especially if you happen to live in the Interboro School District.
You see there’s this pesky little state law that mandates students attend school for 180 days each year.
This year Old Man Winter wreaked havoc with that kind of schedule.
And now kids in the district are about to pay the price.
In order to get in the required amount of time, the Interboro School Board recently voted to hold a half-day of class on Primary Day, May 18, and another half-day on June 5.
No big deal, right?
There was some discussion about the problems of having kids in Norwood School on primary day, but that’s not really the one that caught my eye.
It was that other date, June 5. So what’s the big deal? June 5 is a Saturday.
Ouch! I’m glad I did not have to make that decision.
I’m guessing it is not going to be well-received.
Hey, maybe it will be a cold, rainy day. But if it’s a gorgeous sunny Saturday, I think we can predict a sudden case of “summertime blues” to grip the district, and a high absenteeism rate.
School on Saturday. Just the sound of it is probably enough to send tremors through the hearts of young people.
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