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Board delays final approval of 2025‑26 school calendar, clarifies 60 extra hours built in for makeups
Summary
The Warren County School Board postponed final approval of the 2025‑26 calendar to a February work session after discussion about how the division will account for inclement‑weather makeups. Administrators said the proposed calendar includes an extra 60 instructional hours intended to cover snow or other closures.
The Warren County School Board postponed final approval of the 2025‑26 school calendar and asked staff to return with clarified wording explaining how the division will use built‑in instructional hours to account for winter closures.
District administration told the board the draft calendar does not list ‘‘snow days’’ as specific calendar dates but does include roughly 60 extra instructional hours above the state minimum; those hours, officials said, are intended to provide flexibility to cover missed time without automatically adding days at the end of the school year.
Board members and public commenters pressed for clearer language so families would know which days could be repurposed as makeup days if needed. Members discussed designating specific unencumbered professional‑development or planning days as the first candidates for conversion to makeup days and agreed to return the calendar with more explicit wording at the board’s February work session.
Superintendent and staff explained how Virginia law and Department of Education rules interact with counting remote learning or seeking forgiveness for missed days after administrators have made an attempt to make them up. The board did not vote to adopt the calendar at the meeting.
