Southborough kids have had plenty of time this winter to perfect their sledding skills and exercise their snowball throwing arms, but what about their reading, writing, and arithmetic? With planned and unplanned days off, kids in Southborough have not had a full week of school since the first week of January.
In addition to two planned days off — Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and a professional development day — students have had four snow days since returning from their holiday breaks.
The sheer number of days off is disruptive enough, but Superintendent Charles Gobron says the timing makes it even worse.
“This is a critical time in the school year for learning,” Gobron said. “We have so much to do. It’s such a productive time of year.”
Gobron says the school calendar builds in five snow days each year. After today, that means there’s only one snow day left before days will have to be tacked on to the end of the school year, keeping kids in the classroom even later in June.
At this point school is scheduled to let on June 22. Whether it actually does is dependent on how the rest of the winter goes.
How do your kids feel about so much time off? Are they loving it? Or has the novelty worn off?