The Virginia Beach School Board decision to add 10 minutes to school days in the upcoming fourth quarter has led to calls for it to reconsider it – and how the district counts instructional time.
The board added time between April 13 and June 8 so students wouldn’t be in schools on the day of the April 21 special election.
Virginia Beach couldn’t use virtual learning that day because the division tracks instructional time using days rather than hours. A threshold of either 180 days or 990 hours are required in state code…