Sandy, Impending Winter Forces Nazareth to Shuffle Makeup Days
If needed, Nazareth's superintendent proposed using two possible holidays as snow makeup days: Martin Luther King Day on Monday, Jan. 21 and Presidents Day on Monday, Feb. 18.
Five makeup days already built into Nazareth schools’ January through June calendar will be used for the five days that Hurricane Sandy closed schools, superintendent Dennis Riker announced Monday night. But the school board still has to decide what makeup days to pick if treacherous winter weather forces schools to close. Riker proposed using two possible holidays as snow makeup days: Martin Luther King Day on Monday, Jan. 21 and Presidents Day on Monday, Feb. 18. The board took no action on Riker’s proposal. In fact, Riker asked the board for its input and said he and the board will discuss the snow days proposal at a December board meeting. The five makeup days built into the calendar are Monday and Tuesday, March 25 and 26; Friday, May…
In this Article:
Tricia
4:15 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
I think the spring break should be used. These days are a significant inconvenience to the working parents (tax payers) anyway. Nazareth school and other schools should be considerate and not have so many days off. I respect teachers, but they have far too many days off throughout a school year. Working parents end up taking vacation days or paying sitters. Please take this into consideration in … more ›