COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Strickland’s plan to tack 20 days on the school year won’t happen just yet, but students will be spending more time in the classroom.
Whether it's a windstorm that knocks out power for a week or a snowstorm that makes driving impossible, students will have three freebies for inclement weather before schools start tacking days on the end of the year.
Starting in the fall of 2010, schools will get three calamity days instead of five.
The goal is to extend the learning year, according to a spokesperson for the governor’s office.
She said eliminating two calamity days equals adding two instructional days.
“You can't waste the school days. It's too important for their education,” parent Theresa Robinson said.
The governor's spokesperson explained teacher's salaries are budgeted for 180 days, which includes calamity days, and operation costs for extra days are minimal. Extending the school year won't have a big impact on the budget.
But critics said they think attendance beyond the scheduled last day of school doesn’t do any good.
“When that day passes, they're pretty much done with school -- whether or not the school says it's done. They're done,” parent and teacher Jay Danner said.
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