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RSU 5 board approves plan to use remote school days for weather make-up after debate on equity and logistics
Summary
After debate over equity and access, the RSU 5 board approved a remote-school-day plan allowing the district to convert excess snow days to structured remote learning (with attendance checks, internet-dependent instruction for grades 6–12, physical packets for preK–5, and lunch provision requirements) if the board authorizes it to avoid extending school into late June.
The RSU 5 Board of Directors voted on March 11 to approve a district plan that would allow the administration to use remote-school days to offset weather-related cancellations if the district approaches the calendar’s built-in makeup limit.
Under the approved plan — which administrators said does not require prior DOE approval but does require that the board adopt the plan — teachers would provide one hour of Google Meet office hours during…
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