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Superintendent explains snow-day decision process, cites New Jersey limits on virtual instruction
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Aderhold described how the district makes snow-day or delayed-start calls, said officials avoid "double messaging," and noted New Jersey law generally prevents one-off virtual instructional days unless an emergency closure extends three consecutive days.
Dr. Aderhold, superintendent of the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, described the district's process for deciding whether to delay or close schools because of winter weather and explained why the district generally cannot convert a single inclement-weather day to virtual instruction under current New Jersey rules.
Aderhold said she prefers to avoid what she called "double messaging" — announcing a delay and then changing the decision the next morning — and will wait, when possible, to see how a storm evolves before making a call. "I do not like what's called double messaging," she said, adding later, "I'll always [err] on the side of safety when it comes to, making sure that our buses can safely get, come through and, deliver our students, to school." The superintendent…
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