Students and teachers will pay in June for unexpected days off this winter.
The Ocean City School District tentatively plans to stretch the school year and graduation date to Monday, June 23 to make up for the five days this winter the school closed due to snow.
The graduation and the last day of school had originally been scheduled for Tuesday, June 17. The state Department of Education requires a 180-day school year in New Jersey.
Superintendent Kathleen Taylor said Tuesday that the plan must still be approved by the Ocean City Board of Education at its March 26 meeting, and there’s some possibility that Easter Monday (April 21) could be added as a school day (instead of one of June 23). She said teacher planned teacher and student vacations will be a consideration.
A Monday (March 17) storm that left six inches of snow across the region caused the most recent snow day.
Losing that many school days is not unprecedented in Ocean City. The schools were closed for a week after Superstorm Sandy in 2012 (and the high school closed for another day that September after the discovery of a mold issue). But it’s rare for so many days to come from snowfall at the shore.
The tentative schedule will keep teachers in school until Wednesday, June 25.
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