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Blue Springs R‑IV board weighs using April 8 election day, Good Friday and Memorial Day week to make up snow days
Summary
After winter closures and six AMI days, district staff told the board the calendar is below the planned number of student‑contact days; staff recommended considering April 8 as a makeup day and the board asked staff to survey parents and audit polling‑site logistics.
School district leaders told the board at the March work session the district has used six AMI days and five traditional snow days and is currently below its planned number of student contact days.
Superintendent Dr. Jerome said the district’s calendar originally provided 170 student contact days (totaling 1,105 hours). State law sets the minimum at 169 days and a minimum number of total hours (1,044). With days used to date the district would be down to 165 student-contact days without makeups, but staff reported the district would still be above the state minimum for hours — estimating 1,069.5 total hours if no changes are made.
Dr. Jerome recommended using April 8 (an…
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