Edison Local School District

Edison High School freshmen recently held the second annual local science fair competition in the high school cafeteria. Students conducted research, ran experiments, created display boards, and gave oral presentations to judges. The projects students chose were all unique and came from different areas of science.

Calamity Days, Blizzard Bags and Make-up Days

            Wow!  What a winter we are having.  Although we were due for a bad winter sometime, no one could have foreseen this coming.  In 27 years in education, I have never worked anywhere that we exceeded the allowable amount of calamity days.  Yet, here we are with a good six to eight weeks of winter left and we are already past the five days we are allowed by law.  As you are probably well aware of, as of today, the middle and high schools have used eight calamity days and the elementary has used nine. 

            As you may or may not know, we are allowed up to five days off of school for calamities in a school year.  With the first five days taken for calamities, we do not need to make-up the time in any manner. Starting with day six, we are required to “make-up” the time with students.   

Make-up Days for Calamity Days

There have been many questions concerning the need to make-up days of school this year since we have exceeded the five days we are allowed to use as calamity days by state law.

Our plan to use Alternative Make-up Days Online/Blizzard Bags (see other article) was approved by the Ohio Department of Education, so we are able to make up three days using that plan. This, of course, means that we are alright for the first eight calamity days this school year.

Question: Why have we eliminated a bus route this year and why do we, occasionally, split a route in the afternoon?

Answer: Contrary to popular belief this has nothing to do with money and everything to do with a lack of certified bus drivers.......