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Harford County board asks staff to draft virtual-instruction plan for snow days amid state waiver guidance
Summary
Board members directed staff to return with a virtual-instruction proposal and calendar options after staff explained State Board guidance that affects waivers; members supported planning but raised equity, training and power-outage concerns and asked for contingencies for students without internet.
The Harford County Board of Education on April 20 directed district staff to draft a virtual-instruction plan for inclement-weather days and to present calendar-change options that would let the district seek state waivers.
The request followed a staff presentation from Ms. Ridgeway, who said the State Board recently adopted guidance that districts seeking waivers must either designate three inclement-weather days and adopt a virtual-instruction plan that provides at least four hours of synchronous instruction, or schedule six makeup days. "Our current calendar has three days at the end of the year," Ms. Ridgeway said, "so we would need to change the calendar if we want to be considered for waivers."…
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