Here's How 13 NJ School Districts Will Make Up Snow Days

Your school calendar wasn't just wrecked by three nor'easters in March. A sporadic string of storms stretching back to early December could do damage to your spring break – and more.

At least 13 districts have outlined plans for making up for time lost because of snow days (see below). Some school districts are tacking school days in June and reducing the length of everybody's favorite time of year – summer – to meet the minimum number of school days required.

The state Department of Education requires public schools to be in session for at least 180 days per year. Some districts have lost as many as 7 days because of snow. Manchester, for instance, may add one day to the end of the year.

Some school districts, like Wayne, were already apologizing for that possibility. "We apologize for any inconvenience this may create for families with vacation or other plans," officials said in a notice on the Wayne district website.

While many school districts are still deciding on a course of action, 13 school districts have made a decision that could provide some insight into how your town may act to make up for time lost.

The Pascack Valley Regional High School District has created one of the more creative ways to make up a snow day. One day will be made up virtually, online, on Friday, April 6 during the district's weeklong spring break. Read more...

Here are nine other districts and how they plan to make up for snow days:

• Bernards: Because of last week's snowstorm, Bernards Township School District must make up another day — bringing the total up to three lost days of school this winter. School will now be open on Wednesday, April 18. The school already had to make up two snow days from the last storm causing days to be taken from spring break on Thursday, April 19 and Friday, April 20, Superintendent Nick Markarian announced previously. Read more...
• Bridgewater-Raritan: Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District must make up one day because of last week's snowstorm. The district used a total of four snow days, when there were only three days built into the 2017-18 school calendar. The fourth day was used on Wednesday this week. To make up for that day, the school will now be open on Thursday, April 26 for all students. Read more...
• Edison: Spring break will be impacted. Read more...
• Hillsborough: Because of last week's snowstorm, Hillsborough Township School District must make up another day. To make up for Wednesday's snow day, school will now be open on Friday, April 6. The district already had to make up a snow day as of March 8 and as a result all schools will now be open and in session for a half-day on Thursday, April 26. Read more...
• Holmdel: The "excessive" amount of snow days Holmdel public schools had this winter means the district had to shorten spring break, Holmdel superintendent of schools Dr. Robert McGarry announced. Holmdel schools were supposed to be closed for a full week starting next Monday, April 2, through Friday, April 6. However, now students only have off on Monday and Tuesday, and must be in school Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week. Read more...
• Madison: School will now be in session three days over spring break: March 30 (Good Friday), Thursday, April 12 and Friday, April 13. Read more...
• Middletown: The township extended the school year by five extra days, the district announced, tacking five more days onto the school year calendar. Read more...
• Somerset Hills: The Somerset Hills School District has seven lost days of school this winter. To make up, the district had to add five full days in early April and late May. Additionally, on June 21, the school will be open with an early dismissal for students. No lunch will be served. Read more...
• Summit: Summit Public Schools must make up one day. The most recent snow day was used on Wednesday, exceeding the amount of allotted snow days for the 2017-18 calendar school year. To compensate, one day will be made up during the spring recess week. Additionally, the last day of school for students will now be June 20 and last day for staff on June 22. Read more...
• Verona: Verona school administrators have announced that the district has exceeded its allotted snow days. As a result, April 6 – which was originally part of the spring break vacation - is now a full day of school. Read more...
• Wayne: Township students will make up three snow days in April. Four snow days were built into the school calendar. Anything beyond those four days have to be made up in order for the district to meet 180 schools days as mandated by the state. School will be in session April 4, 5 and 6. Students were supposed to be off those days for spring break.
• Westfield: Following the most recent snow storm, Westfield Public Schools no longer has any available snow days. If the district has to close schools for any additional days, officials will have to open school during the scheduled spring break, starting with Friday April 6, then Thursday, April 5. Read more...

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