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North Kansas City Schools board approves amendment to 2024–25 academic calendar to make up snow days
Summary
The board approved an amendment to the 2024–25 academic calendar converting two staff-only days to student attendance days and adding three post–Memorial Day days to meet the 169-day requirement; the motion passed unanimously by voice vote.
The North Kansas City Schools Board of Education voted to amend the 2024–25 academic calendar to make up recent snow days by converting two staff-only days into student attendance days and adding three additional days after Memorial Day.
Under the amendment, the board will convert a teacher work day on Friday, March 21, and a professional development day on April 18 to full student attendance days. The district will then add three more student days after Memorial Day to reach the 169-day instructional requirement. Board members and staff noted there is pending state-level legislation that could forgive some of the makeup days; the board said it prefers to adopt a plan now and adjust later if the state acts.
Board members moved and seconded the calendar amendment and approved it by voice vote. The transcript records the board saying "Aye" and the chair calling the vote unanimous. The motion text on the record was an "amendment to the 2024–25 academic calendar as shown." The meeting record did not identify a named mover or seconder for the motion in the public record.
District staff told the board the recommendation followed consultation with CTTN teacher representatives, who voted unanimously to prioritize student learning by converting the two staff-only days to student days. Staff emphasized the move aims to preserve instructional time and maintain incentives tied to the district’s staffing/compensation calculations that rely on meeting the 169-day requirement.
The change will add five instructional days to the 2024–25 school year unless the state intervenes; staff said any state action that forgives makeup days would be applied retroactively if enacted. Families and staff should expect the two calendar changes (March 21 and April 18) to be treated as student attendance days and three additional post–Memorial Day student days to be scheduled as shown on the amended calendar.
Board members asked clarifying questions about the district’s options if legislation forgiving days is passed; staff said they would proceed under the amendment now and monitor state action. The board approved the amendment by unanimous voice vote.
