MLK Half-Day Added to Kinnelon School Calendar
Sandy leaves school district with one snow day for the year.
Kinnelon students will be asked to attend school for half a day on Martin Luther King Day this year to compensate for nearly a week's worth of snow days used following Superstorm Sandy. The school district traditionally does not have students attend school on the nationally-observed holiday, however, teachers come in for an in-service conference day. The Kinnelon Board of Education discussed adding the day back to the calendar for this year only at Thursday's board meeting. Interim Superintendent Diane DiGiuseppe said the schools used five snow days out of a four-day allowance, but got two days back for bringing teachers and students to school on Nov. 8 and Nov. 9. Students were not initially scheduled to attend school on those days …
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