The Board of Education recognizes that the preparation of a calendar for the instructional program of the schools is necessary for orderly educational planning and for the efficient operation of the District.

The Board shall determine annually the days and the hours when the school shall be in session for instructional purposes. For purposes of receiving State-school aid, such days will number no fewer than 182. Furthermore, the Board requires that an observance be scheduled each year on or about Veterans Day to convey the meaning and significance of that day to all students and staff.

Such school calendar shall consist of no fewer than 182 days for students, including such time for early dismissal, parent-teacher conferences, professional meetings, and public calamities as is allowed by law, and up to three (3) days in order to allow gradual orientation of kindergarten students.

Seniors may be released up to three (3) days before the end of the school year.

Prior to each school year, the Board shall approve the contingency plan the Superintendent prepares for the makeup of lost school days beyond the five (5) days that can be waived. The plan shall be in accordance with the terms of applicable collectively bargained agreements and Ohio law.

A school day may be waived if the closing is due to disease, epidemic, hazardous weather conditions, damage to a school building, utility failure, or inoperability of school buses or other equipment needed for school operations and the number of allowable calamity days has not been exceeded. Any school days lost in excess of the allowable number of calamity days shall be made up in accordance with the approved contingency plan. A regularly-scheduled school day that is reduced in length by no more than two (2) hours due to hazardous weather conditions may be counted as a full school day for the purpose of meeting the minimum number of school days. A regularly-scheduled school day that is reduced in length due to a bomb threat, may be made up in one-half hour increments added to other school days. Kindergarten students must be in school at least one (1) and one-half (1 1/2) hours each day to meet the minimum standard.

The Superintendent shall prepare a school calendar for Board consideration annually.

The Board reserves the right to alter the school calendar when feasible and advisable in the best interests of the children of the District and in consultation with the teacher's union but shall not exceed the total number of days originally adopted.

R.C. 3313.602, 3313.48, 3313.62, 3313.63, 3317.01(B), 3313.482

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