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Ashe County Board asks state for two‑week weather waiver after averaging 11 missed school days a year

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Summary

The Board voted to request a two‑week calendar start waiver from the General Assembly, citing a decade‑long average of instructional days lost to winter weather and this year’s extended closures caused by storms and a hurricane.

The Ashe County Board of Education voted to request a two‑week weather waiver from the North Carolina General Assembly, saying the district’s historical weather patterns and recent storms have erased instructional time.

The resolution, presented by a Board member and discussed at length, notes that the district averaged 11 missed school days per year…

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