Commissioner Deena Bishop said districts should instead add in-person instructional hours to make up for snow days.
Alaska education commissioner says districts should stop relying on remote instruction when weather forces school closuresEducation Commissioner Deena Bishop speaks at a March 15 news conference on school funding as Gov. Mike Dunleavy watches in Juneau
Bishop said that weather-related school closures were part of a broader problem of increasing school absences that may be contributing to students’ underperformance in school and poor preparation for post-secondary education and employment. In Anchorage, the district’s calendar includes 172 instructional days, meaning the first two weather-related school closure days don’t need to made up with additional instruction.
Bishop said she would like the department to return to its pre-pandemic expectations for make-up school time when weather-related school closures are necessary, though she did not provide information on whether and when this policy shift would be enforced.
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