While other students learn online, Wake has a snow day. Here's why.

YOUR TV OR STREAMING DEVICE

WITH A CAMERA TELLS THE WHOLE

STORY TO US.

>> FOR MOST PUBLIC SCHOOL

STUDENTS IN THE AREA TODAY WAS

A REMOTE LEARNING DAY, BUT THAT

WAKE COUNTY WHERE CLASSES WERE

CANCELED ALTOGETHER TODAY, THE

MOVE CAUSED SOME PARENTS TO

QUESTION WHY WRAL INVESTIGATES.

SARAH KRUEGER IS LIVE NOW FROM

OLD ELEMENTARY LOOKING INTO

THAT ANSWER, SARAH.

DEBORAH, HOPEFULLY STUDENTS

HAVE BEEN ENJOYING THE DAY OFF.

AT THE SAME TIME WE'VE HEARD

FROM SOME PARENTS CONCERNED

ABOUT LEARNING LOSS AND

WONDERING WHY WAKES DECISION

WAS SO DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS.

NOW WE ARE FINALLY GETTING SOME

CLARITY ON THAT.

>> THE VIEWER QUESTION STARTED

RIGHT AWAY. EMAILS LIKE THIS

ONE FROM A WAKE SCHOOLS, PARENT

ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS EXCEPT WAKE

COUNTY DOING REMOTE LEARNING.

AND WE WONDER WHY STUDENTS ARE

NOT AT GRADE LEVEL. IT'S A

FRUSTRATION FELT BY OTHERS TO

SAID THEY NEED TO LEARNING

NEEDS A GOOD LEARNING.

>> I DON'T THINK THIS IT JUST

A GUN SALUTE. I SENT A NUMBER

OF QUESTIONS TO WAKE SCHOOLS,

INCLUDING WHY THE DISTRICT WAS

SEEMINGLY NOT PREPARED FOR

REMOTE LEARNING. NOW YET RELIED

ON IT DURING COVID.

>> I ALSO WENT THROUGH WAKES

CURRENT POLICY WHICH STATES IT

CAN CALL FOR REMOTE LEARNING

DAYS, BUT ONLY AFTER IT'S USED

ALL TEACHER WORKDAYS AS MAKEUP

DAYS. FIRST IN A LENGTHY CALLED

WITH SPOKESPERSON LISA LUTON TO

GET ANSWERS. SHE EXPLAINED THAT

POLICY TO PRIORITIZE IN-PERSON

INSTRUCTION IS WHY SCHOOLS WERE

CANCELED. SHE SAID THE POLICY

WAS CREATED A FEW YEARS AGO

WHEN PARENTS WERE FED UP WITH

ONLINE LEARNING. NOW LUTON

EXPLAINS THE DISTRICT IS AWARE

MANY PARENTS HAVE WARMED BACK

UP TO IT. SO THE DISTRICT IS IN

TALKS ABOUT CHANGING THE POLICY

SO REMOTE LEARNING IS MORE

READILY UTILIZED. AND WERE YOU

IN HIGH SCHOOL DURING THE COVID

YEARS? OKAY. SO VIRTUAL

LEARNING WAS LIKE A VERY BIG

PART OF YOUR HOUSE. IT'S SCARY.

AND YEAH, HAVING BEEN THROUGH

THAT, JOSH, TRUE, IT SAYS IT'S

A TOUGH CALL. I DON'T THINK.

>> ONLINE LEARNING IS QUITE

AS EFFECTIVE AND SO AND THAT

SCENARIO, I WOULD UNDERSTAND

WHY THEY WOULD CANCEL BECAUSE

IT IS NOT LEARNING AS MUCH WHEN

YOU'RE ONLINE.

>> AND WE HAVE JUST LEARNED

THAT WAKE SCHOOLS HAS MADE THE

DECISION TO CANCEL TOMORROW

AS WELL. NOW IT'S IMPORTANT

TO REMEMBER THAT EVEN THOUGH

WAKE SCHOOLS IS CLOSED TODAY

WAS CLOSE, WILL BE CLOSED

TOMORROW THAT THE STUDENTS HERE

IN WAKE COUNTY, THEY WILL STILL

GET ALL OF THEIR INSTRUCTION

TIME. IT IS STATE LAW TO HAVE

171 DAYS OF INSTRUCTION.

NOW, OF COURSE, IF THERE ARE

A LOT OF MISSED DAYS, THERE IS

THAT CONCERN THAT TO MAKE IT

UP MIGHT EAT INTO SPRING BREAK

OR SUMMER BREAK. WE ARE NOT AT

THAT POINT. AT LEAST NOT YET.