The last day of school and the dates of finals have changed frequently throughout the school year because of snow days and the new state law that was enacted.
“The state law said that you guys have to be here for a certain amount of hours for it to count as a full school year, and we were just short of that number of hours with our current snow schedule,” Associate Principal Erin Steep said. “That had to change, and they had to be creative in adding some half days that count as school days.”
This isn’t the only thing that has affected the school year; snow days also are considered. While some students like the days off, others question the decisions made.
“I get why they had to do it [but] some of the snow days I wish they would’ve just had school anyway,” sophomore Leo McClure said.
Because of all these changes, the last day of school is currently June 3. Finals start on Thursday, May 29, and go until the end of the school year. The last three days of school, which are Friday, May 30, Monday, June 2, and Tuesday, June 3, will be early release days, with dismissal at 11:25 a.m.
“Those three early release days, you will do two final exams every day with that optional homeroom in the morning,” Steep said.
