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Rowan County board approves 20-minute daily extension starting March 2 to recoup snow days
Summary
The Rowan County School Board voted Feb. 17 to authorize a 20-minute extension of the school day beginning March 2 so the district can meet instructional-hour requirements if pending state bills allow adding minutes instead of days; the motion passed by voice vote.
The Rowan County School Board on Feb. 17 approved a motion allowing the superintendent to extend the school day by 20 minutes beginning March 2 to help the district make up instructional time lost to winter weather.
Superintendent Mister Rowe told the board there are two related bills pending in the state House that would allow districts to add instructional minutes instead of requiring a full 170-day calendar, while keeping the statutory requirement for total hours. "One of them is very…
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