{"id":1323,"date":"2015-03-24T07:26:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T11:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/?p=1323"},"modified":"2015-12-10T08:27:45","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T13:27:45","slug":"state-board-sets-process-for-school-calendar-waivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/state-board-sets-process-for-school-calendar-waivers\/","title":{"rendered":"State Board Sets Process For School Calendar Waivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Board Authorizes State Superintendent To Make Decisions<\/em><\/h3>\n

For Immediate Release \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Contact: Bill Reinhard, 410-767-0486<\/p>\n

The Maryland State Board of Education today voted to allow local school systems to apply for waivers of up to three days from the 180-instructional day requirement, and authorized the State Superintendent to make the waiver decisions on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n

The Board asked that each local system include in its waiver request an outline of modifications made to the system\u2019s calendar to meet instructional needs of students.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstructional time is critically important as educators throughout the State work to strengthen student achievement,\u201d said Dr. Charlene Dukes, president of the Maryland State Board of Education.\u00a0 \u201cBut the reality is that our systems were forced this winter to make some tough closing decisions for the safety of their students and staff.\u00a0 That required us to take this important step.\u201d<\/p>\n

No timetable has been set for decisions on the waiver requests.\u00a0 Eleven school systems have already requested waivers, and others may do so in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Maryland residents \u2013 and Maryland school systems in particular \u2013 have again been working through an active winter, particularly late in the season.\u00a0 Many school systems exceeded the number of inclement weather days that had been built into their calendars.<\/p>\n

The Maryland State Board had already allowed school systems to open classrooms on holidays to make up for some of the lost instructional time.\u00a0 The State has granted approval to four systems to open on the Monday after Easter, a State school holiday.<\/p>\n

The State Board has been confronted with confounding weather before.\u00a0 In calendar year 2009-2010, and again last school year, Maryland schools dug through more extreme winters than in 2014-15.\u00a0 The State Board authorized the State Superintendent to waive up to five instructional days those two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Board Authorizes State Superintendent To Make Decisions
\nFor Immediate Release \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Contact: Bill Reinhard, 410-767-0486
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