There have been lots of questions lately regarding our recent school closures due to the weather.  Are we really safe from having to make days up?  

The simple answer is -- we do not have to make up snow days!

As you may recall from earlier communications, the school calendar rules changed starting with the 2019-2020 school year.  There are no longer a required number of days, only a required number of hours.  According to the DESE documents, if a school planned the minimum of 1044 hours + 60 planned weather make up hours (total of 1104 hours) the school district or charter school does not have to make-up any weather days missed since the maximum required make-up hours were included in the original planned calendar.  

For Putnam County, the 2019-2020 planned calendar is 1105.9333 hours.

Please feel free to read the following DESE documents if you want even more information:

• https://dese.mo.gov/sites/default/files/sf-ESchoolCalendarRequirements.pdf 
• https://dese.mo.gov/sites/default/files/sf-CInclementWeatherMakeup.pdf