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Parents tell Muhlenberg County board NTI days harm instruction, call for in-person makeup days

3050896 · April 18, 2025
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Two Greenville parents urged the Muhlenberg County Board of Education to stop heavy reliance on non-traditional instruction (NTI) days, saying NTI shortchanges students—especially those with special needs—and burdens working families.

Two parents urged the Muhlenberg County Board of Education on Monday to reduce the district’s use of non-traditional instruction, or NTI, days and to instead make up missed instructional time with traditional in-person days.

Amy Nelson of Greenville and Charity Milton, both parents of elementary-school students, used the meeting’s public-comment period to describe how repeated NTI days have affected learning and family routines.

Nelson said the district has used 13 NTI days this school year and argued that “a school day cannot be reduced to a couple of…

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