SHIOCTON, Wis. (WFRV) – School District of Shiocton officials are trying to avoid extending the school year so students can make up the 8 days they missed due to the severe flooding last month.
On Monday night, the district’s school board unanimously approved a resolution allowing the district administrator to submit a waiver request to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. If the Wisconsin DPI approves the request, Shiocton students wouldn’t have to make up those eight days.
There’s a required number of instructional hours a district must provide to their students each school year. Normally, if the district doesn’t meet these requirements using their regularly scheduled school days, they must tack on days at the end of the school year…