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Hillsboro SD superintendent recommends not making up two recent inclement‑weather days; board advised about Division 22 compliance
Summary
Superintendent Travis Reimann told the board the district reviewed Division 22 instructional‑hours requirements and concluded current missed snow days did not reduce required instructional hours; he advised not to add makeup days to the calendar.
Hillsboro SD 1J Superintendent Travis Reimann told the board that after reviewing instructional‑hour requirements the district does not plan to add makeup days for two recent inclement‑weather closures, and that the district remains close to required hours at the middle‑school level.
Why it matters: school calendars affect families, staffing and graduation timing; state regulation (Division 22) sets instructional‑hours requirements that boards must meet or remedy by changing calendars.
Reimann said the district reviewed Division 22 compliance and concluded the recent snow days "didn't put us below the instructional hours required at any grade level and so our decision to share tonight would be to not make up those days or add days to the calendar," noting the board would be responsible for any calendar changes. He added the district was closest to the limit at middle‑school level and that additional inclement days could require adding days back to the calendar.
Board members asked logistics questions about end‑of‑year dates (the transcript cited June 13 as the last student day) and about procedures if makeup days were required; staff replied that any decision to add days would require negotiation with the teachers' union and communication through internal channels.
Ending: the board accepted the superintendent's recommendation for no calendar change at this time and asked staff to continue monitoring weather and instructional‑hours compliance.
