Lauren MacFadden ’17

The school year for students will be extended by a day as a result of a category-four blizzard that hit Maryland on January 28 and brought two feet of snow, trapping many in their homes for days and making some transportation impossible. MCPS, along with neighboring counties, cancelled school for six days, using up the remainder of the allotted snow days and an additional two days. As a result, the school year was initially planned to be extended two days.

The county requested a waiver for the added school days because Maryland declared a state of emergency in the aftermath of the blizzard.  However, Maryland officials denied the request due to the fact that the school year calendar had not been structured to make up for the missed school time.

The school year was originally scheduled to end Friday, June 17; however, MCPS announced that it has been pushed back to Monday, June 20 with an early release. The professional day for teachers has been moved to June 21.