No More “Snow Days” For DeKalb School System

The DeKalb County School System has run out of “snow days”.
Director of Schools Mark Willoughby said as of Monday, February 23 no more “snow days” remain and starting today (Tuesday, February 24) and any further days missed will have to be made up either during or at the end of the school year. Students have missed a total of eleven days of school due to inclement weather counting today.
Ten days are built into the school calendar each year for “snow days” or inclement weather and three days are included for so called “stockpile” or “early release” days which are used as professional development. On the stock pile day, teachers have in-service but students do not attend. Students are sent home early on “early” release days. The school system has already used its stock pile day and all but one of its early release days for the school year.
If more days are missed between now and May 26th, the school board will have to decide how to make them up. State law requires students to be in school a certain number of days each year. Director Willoughby said he plans to ask the State Commissioner of Education to grant a waiver on at least three snow days while Tennessee has been under a state of emergency due to the winter weather.
The remainder of the school calendar for the year is as follows:
Schools will be closed for spring break March 30 through April 3
No school for students Memorial Day, Monday May 25.
The last early release day is Friday, March 6
Students will not attend on Friday, May 22. That will be an administrative day and all teachers must attend. Friday, May 22 is also graduation day at DCHS. The last day of school will be Tuesday, May 26. That will be an abbreviated school day and report cards will be sent home.
Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held on Tuesday, March 10 at DeKalb County High School from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.
Parent-Teacher Conferences will also be held from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Thursday, March 12 at DeKalb Middle School, Northside Elementary, Smithville Elementary, and DeKalb West School.
DCHS report cards will be sent home on Monday, March 9 and at all other schools on Tuesday, March 10.