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Superintendent says snow day shifts school calendar; last student day will move to June 17 pending board vote
Summary
Superintendent reported that a recent snow day will push the final student day to June 17 and said the board will vote to approve the calendar adjustment.
Dr. Barringer, superintendent of the Ocean City School District (name provided in the meeting for the superintendent's comment), reported that a recently called snow day moved the district calendar and will shift the last five half days of the school year. As a result, the superintendent said the last day for students is now scheduled for June 17, and the board will be voting on that calendar adjustment at a future meeting.
The superintendent framed the change as a direct consequence of the district's make-up day policy and calendar sequencing: moving one full-day closure near the start of the year shifted subsequent scheduled half days at the end of the year and therefore the final student day. No formal vote on the calendar change occurred during the meeting; the superintendent said the board members will vote when the item appears on a future agenda.
The report was short and procedural; no funding implications or programmatic changes were presented. Board members were informed of the calendar shift so they can consider and vote on it on the upcoming agenda.
