As the winter semester continues, so do the winter storms. The constant snowfall is forcing schools across the district to use their allotted snow days very quickly.
Washburn Rural High School was supposed to begin the second semester on Jan. 6, but due to a snowstorm the return to classes was delayed by a week and school did not begin until Jan. 13. More recently this semester, school was also cancelled on February 12.
Generally the school would enjoy the Monday after Easter at home but due to the constant snow storms students will be attending school that day. It is a requirement for a public school to have hosted at least 1116 school hours in a school year. This being said, if the school has surpassed their given amount of school days there are additional options the school district can take to reach the required hours, such as adding a few minutes on to the end of a school day or even extending the needed days past the last scheduled day of school.
Although the amount of attendance hours is important there is an impending worry about whether or not students will be able to achieve the educational standard. As we slowly lose hours in the school, the students are losing their educational opportunities, but with it being so early in the semester Principal Ed Raines expressed that he has no worries for the student’s academic success.
“I do not think that this will have a massive affect on grades as it is so early in the semester. We have plenty of time,” Mr. Raines said.
