School Closures Shift Calendar

Update: 5:04 p.m. Wed.

The 2011-2012 school year is now slated to end on June 20 due to the full week of school that officials have called off because of massive power outages in Meriden following a freak snowstorm. The last day of school was previously slated to be June 14.

Going forward, only one more snow day can be tacked to the end of Meriden's school year. The second snow day will start taking days from April vacation, according to Superintendent Mark Benigni.

"Our second snow day will have us attending school on April 20^th," Benigni said in an e-mail to school staff that he forwarded to media. "Additional snow days will be deducted from the April vacation starting Friday and working backward."

Benigni shared further updates for events this week:

• Washington/Lincoln soccer game – Cancelled.
• Lincoln Middle School presentation on School Choice Event on Thursday will be rescheduled.
• CMEA Southern Regional Festival at Lincoln Middle School will be postponed to a date in December at Platt High School.
• The Maloney Band will participate in a competition on Saturday.
• Secondary schools' quarter 1 report card issue date will be moved from November 10, 2011 to November 18, 2011 and the grade close date will move from November 4, 2011 to November 14, 2011.
• Maloney High School's DECA trip to Chicago and the FBLA trip to Philadelphia will run as scheduled.
• The Platt/Maloney soccer games will be played on Saturday – Girls 1:00 p.m., Boys 3:00 p.m. both at Falcon Field.
• The Platt/Maloney swim meet will be rescheduled for Monday, November 7, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at Platt High School.
• Maloney football will play at Windsor, most likely on Saturday.
• Platt football will play Berlin Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. at Falcon Field.
• SAT's have been rescheduled to November 19^th starting at 7:30 a.m. at Maloney High School.

Original Story: 8:23 p.m. Tues.

Meriden schools will be closed for the rest of the week, Assistant Superintendent Mike Grove said Tuesday night. Classes are expected to resume on Monday, Nov. 7.

The announcement follows a meeting city officials had with Connecticut Light and Power representatives Tuesday evening. According to Grove, CL&P estimated that at least four schools will be out of power until Saturday.

Only three city schools had power as of midday Tuesday. Linclon Middle School, Hanover Elementary School and Benjamin Franklin Elementary School. Edison Middle School is being powered by generator.

Lincoln Middle School and Edison School have been used by the city during the outage as overnight shelters and warming centers for residents.