Howell K-8 School Year Extended To June 27 Due To Snow Days

HOWELL, NJ — The Howell Township School District will be in session through June 27 this year, as the district makes up snow days from the winter's storms.

The kindergarten-through-eighth grade district had five snow days. The district had two snow days built into the school year, which originally was supposed to end June 22. The three additional days now mean the week of June 18 through June 22 are full days, while June 25, 26 and 27 will be half-days, as mandated by the district.

Eighth-grade graduation is set for June 26, according to Albert Miller, a member of the Board of Education, who posted the information to the Howell Happenings NJ Facebook page.

"(Eighth-grade) Graduation will be on Tuesday, June 26th for an outside ceremony with a 6 p.m. start," Miller wrote. "In the event of inclement weather, we will move our graduation to Wednesday, June 27th at 6 p.m. If inclement weather persists on Wednesday, we will move indoors. Time and details to follow for an indoor ceremony."

High school students in the Freehold Regional High School District, meanwhile, will losing two days of spring break and the Friday before Memorial Day to make up for snow days, according to the Freehold Regional district website. The sessions on April 5, April 6 and May 25 will all be early dismissal sessions, the website said.

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