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MCPS To Make Up 2 Snow Days Under Approved Plan

MCPS Superintendent Joshua Starr (file photo)Montgomery County school kids will have two extra days of classes after 10 class days were canceled this school year because of snow and wintry conditions.

MCPS announced the state-approved make-up plan on Wednesday.

The make-up days will be Monday, April 21 and Friday, June 13.

The school system had previously made April 21, known as Easter Monday, a no-school day. But with the state rejecting the school system’s request for a five-day waiver last week, MCPS followed the lead of other counties and decided to schedule a day of classes.

June 13 is one day later than the previously scheduled last day of school, meaning MCPS got a four-day waiver approved by State Superintendent Lillian Lowery. MCPS scheduled four extra days of classes in the schedule, in case of emergency closings:

“We appreciate Dr. Lowery’s recognition that this has been a very unusual winter and her willingness to grant us some flexibility in our calendar,” MCPS Superintendent Joshua Starr said in a press release. “By holding classes on April 21 and June 13, we can make up two valuable days of instruction without significantly disrupting our community’s summer schedules.”

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