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Superintendent recommends closing schools May 1 amid expected Day of Action; board and public debate safety, makeup day
Summary
Superintendent Phipps recommended closing schools to students on May 1 because of expected large staff absences tied to a statewide Day of Action, proposing May 27 as a makeup day; board members and public commenters debated safety, transportation and extracurricular impacts.
Superintendent Kelvin Phipps recommended that Winston‑Salem/Forsyth County Schools close to students on May 1 in response to a statewide educator Day of Action and current leave submissions, and proposed May 27 as a student makeup day.
"My recommendation would be ... that we would close on May 1 for students with a makeup day on May 27," Phipps told the board, adding that May 1 would be an "RS teacher work day" for 205‑ and 215‑day staff so employees could report or take leave.
Phipps said district staff had recorded 1,253 leave requests as of the afternoon before the meeting and that critical operations — notably transportation and child nutrition…
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