Snow day? 90-minute delay? Or 2 hours? Schools wrestle with decision.

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New Jersey schools were wrestling with an ill-timed snowstorm on Thursday.

A version of this story posted in September 2019., school administrators in New Jersey, face a series of vexing decisions.

Regardless of the decision, the aim is to give parents with child care or work obligations enough notice. Ideally, by deciding the night before. Montville announced a 2-hour delayed opening for Thursday before 7 p.m. Wednesday, offering plenty of time to prepare. Parents were told that, if switching to a snow day was needed, that a decision would be made by 7 a.m. — just about the time that the snowfall was intensifying in North Jersey. However, the K-12 district in Morris County stuck with its plan for a delayed opening.. Most of the snow could fall between 7 a.m.

Delayed openings and early dismissals are preferable to losing a classroom day. Take too many snow days, and run the risk ofIn Sussex County, one superintendent tweeted his frustration at the state’s refusal to allow virtual learning due to rough weather to count toward the required, 180-day school year calendar.

 

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