Copley-Fairlawn Extends School Days

As the end of the school year nears and summer vacation is waiting around the corner, school days can seem longer to students.

At Copley-Fairlawn schools, they actually are this year. Staring last week, and continuing through this week, school days have been extended by a half hour.

 was recently signed into law, allowing school districts to have five calamity days, instead of three. Copley-Fairlawn and Revere Local Schools have both had six this year.

The only way for districts to make up for more than five calamity days, according to the law, is to extend schools day to make up for lost days or to add on to the school year.

Copley-Fairlawn’s Herberich Primary School had an additional calamity day due to a broken water main in November, and it will be made up on June 10.

Superintendent Brian Poe said the new approach of extending school days was going to keep the school session from running up against summer school.
He said the change in school times has gone “very, very well.” Phone calls were made to parents and letters were sent home to notify parents of children who may have after school activities.

Poe said that so far, there has been no problems with the change to transportation.
Revere will extend its school year one day, with the last day for students on June 9 and the last day for teachers is June 10.
In other school news:

In other school news: Revere has a school board meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday in the library of , 3496 Everett Road, Richfield. On the agenda is an item for the board’s approval is a resolution to recall all staff members who had previously been laid off for next school year.

Copley-Fairlawn also has a board meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday.