There was a bill in the House to switch to coundint school hours
instead of days. If they want to do away with snow days, that's
fine, but I think Ohio's schools would benefit more from counting
hours. For example, if a day is missed, the school could add a
half and hour to the end of the day for so many days to make up
that snow day.

On 4/29/09, IN is wrote:
> IN next year is going to no snow day allowed, all days to be
> made up next year thanks to directive by their State Supt.
> There, they will do 180 student days, period.
>
> On 4/28/09, Will it really happen? wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Heard at a teacher meeting the the state is going to
>> gradually reduce the number of snow days allowed. Next
>> year, schools will be allowed 3 days without making them up
>> (currently there are 5). The following year, 1 will be
>> allowed, and eventually they will be phased out.
>>
>> Teachers in my district have said this is an attempt to
>> increase the number of school days without increasing
>> teacher pay. This will work for 5 days.
>>
>> What do you think? We typically use the 5 days, because we
>> do get bad winter storms. They are already built into the
>> school calendar, so if we don't use them...essentially the
>> teachers are working without compensation.
>>
>> Teachers that are talking about it have speculated that we
>> will have "built in" makeup days. So, if we have a snow
>> day, a day like Martin Luther King Day would be one that we
>> would have to attend school.
>>
>> What do you think? Has anyone heard anything?

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