The Anchorage School District has had seven snow days since the beginning of the year, but only two were calendared for, according to Superintendent Jharrett Bryantt.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - At Monday night’s school board meeting Bryantt proposed how to make up the other five days.
In addition, the proposal includes turning two half days, Feb. 22 and 23, that were originally scheduled for parent-teacher conferences, into a full day of instruction. Bryantt said the proposal must still be approved by the state and possibly the school board. At Monday’s meeting, he said he was aware that any plan to make up days would involve some trade-offs.
Bryantt also addressed another concern raised during the extended snow days: Why didn’t the district go to remote learning? Bryantt said many students didn’t have the things they needed to learn from home, including computers.
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