Trinity High School students Brittany Griffin, center, and Candise Owen, along with chorus teacher Sarah Downey, are not singing the blues. They’re happy to be back. None of them wish for any more inclement weather days, which may cancel yet another day of spring break.
Trinity High School chorus teacher Sarah Downey spoke on behalf of her students in third period.
“We don’t want to miss any more days, we’ve got things to do,” said Downey. Students nodded in agreement because they don’t want to lose any more of their spring break.
The students have gone from five days for spring break to two days. And if more inclement weather comes, students may lose another day of spring break.
As of Tuesday, only two days — April 6 and June 9 — remained in the school calendar for inclement weather. “Beyond that, we will just have to tack onto the end of the year,” said Marty Trotter, assistant superintendent of operations.
Randolph County Schools were closed due to inclement weather Monday through Wednesday, Feb. 1-3 and opened on a two-hour delay Thursday, Feb. 4.
Feb. 3 was an optional teacher workday. As more winter precipitation arrived on Friday, classes were cancelled again.
“We’ve been out a total of four days at this point,” Trotter said Monday. “Current makeup dates are Monday, Feb. 15, which was originally scheduled as a teacher workday, and April 7, 8 and 9, which were originally spring break. Monday, April 5, is a designated holiday.
“We still have one day of spring break left on Tuesday, April 6.”
Law mandates that students must attend school for 180 days each calendar year.
“We generally have six or seven days figured into each calendar year which can be used to make up inclement weather days,” said Trotter.
The 2010-11 school calendar includes seven days for inclement weather. The 2011-12 school calendar, approved Jan. 12, includes six days.
Calendar law mandates that one teacher workday must occur at the end of each academic quarter. These days may not be used as makeup days.
Classes aren’t the only thing that had to be postponed during inclement weather.
The Board of Education’s long range facilities planning session was rescheduled to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at the Ira McDowell Center in Asheboro.
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