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Wicomico board authorizes COMAR‑compliant virtual education days after clarifying device and scheduling limits
Summary
The Wicomico County Board of Education approved a superintendent‑led plan to use COMAR‑authorized virtual education days after required inclement‑day makeups are used; plan sets minimum synchronous instruction, attendance tracking, and accommodations for IEP/504 students.
The Wicomico County Board of Education approved a policy allowing the superintendent to implement COMAR‑authorized virtual education days when specified conditions are met.
Dr. Briggs, the district’s director leading the blueprint work, told the board the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) permits a county superintendent to provide a virtual education day only after three conditions are met: the district has used all inclement‑weather days built into its school calendar, the county board has authorized the superintendent to provide virtual days, and the superintendent determines severe weather will likely prevent normal school…
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