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Board agrees to hold March 13 as contingent school day to recoup missed hours after winter closures
Summary
After eight missed student days earlier in the winter, board members reached consensus to leave March 13 as an optional workday for now and convert it to a student day only if the district misses another day due to weather, recovering six instructional hours without extending the school year beyond Memorial Day.
Henderson County school officials reviewed the district’s instructional‑hours requirement and recommended a contingency to recapture time lost to recent winter weather.
State rules require 1,025 instructional hours. Staff reported the district had 179 student days scheduled (1,074 hours) and had missed eight student days because of inclement weather, plus a series…
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