Emails show Wake school board's flip-flop on make-up days
Emails exchanged between the Wake County superintendent and members of the school board offer a glimpse into the last-minute change to use days allotted for spring break to make up time lost to last winter's snow.
Posted — UpdatedBy early March, the Wake County Public School System had logged eight snow days and leaders were scrambling to make up the educational time.
The backlash was immediate, with parents blasting the school system for impinging on weekend plans and worried that students, required to attend class six days in a week, would be tired and not retain what they learned.
Emails show the board considered a variety of factors – from testing to college graduations to the benefit of three consecutive classroom days – in reversing course and making up the days during spring break.
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