Some Triangle students won’t have to make up the time missed this week from school cancellations.
Wake County, Durham and Orange County cancelled classes on both Monday and Tuesday while Johnston County, Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Chatham County closed school on Monday due to the threat of wintry weather. But some school districts have already announced that they won’t require students to make up the lost time by using something called “banked time.”
What is banked time?
Under North Carolina law, school districts are required to provide students with at least 1,025 hours of instruction or 185 days of classes each school year. Districts typically comply by meeting the instructional time requirement.
All schools have more than 1,025 hours of instruction built into their calendar. The extra time above the 1,025 hours is called banked time…