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Hood River County Schools: Longer Days Begin March 6, 2017

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Real Estate Agent with Kelly Right Real Estate

Westside Middle School Hood River ORHood River County Schools saw many school days (not sure if it was 9 or 10 snow days) canceled due to the 2016/17 winter weather. It just was not safe to have students and staff make the trip to school when the roads were unsafe.  In addition, there were days with late starts as well as early closing; all weather related.  All these weather related events meant less instructional hours for students.  The State of Oregon requires a minimum number of instructional hours by grade.  In order to meet state requirements, beginning March 06, 2017, all Hood River County Schools will have longer days, as follows:

  • Elementary students 7:40am - 2:15pm        (5 additional minutes per day)
  • Middle School Students 8:30am - 3:36pm   (6 additional minutes per day)
  • High School students 8:20am - 3:18pm        (8 additional minutes per day)

In addition, late start Mondays are eliminated, also beginning March 06, 2017. School days have also been added to make up for the lost instructional time.  February 27th was an instructional day rather than a student day off.  April 10 plus June 14,15,16 have also been added to the student schedule.  The last day of school will be June 16, 2017.  This winter was one to remember.

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Comments (2)

William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

REally, a few minutes a day...are the kids really getting more out of the day or just the school catchin up with money

Mar 05, 2017 05:03 PM
Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate

The additional days, plus the one hour Mon late start did not make up the time needed.  So next step was the few minutes a day.  They also cut the time to transition between classes.  The last thing was to add more days to the end of the school year. Most of the schools in Oregon had to make adjustments like this; crazy winter.

Mar 05, 2017 07:39 PM
Lynnea Miller
Bend Premier Real Estate - Bend, OR
Premier Real Estate Service in Central Oregon

Helpful information, Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate . Bend has also had to add school days and extra minutes to make up for this crazy 2017 winter.

Mar 05, 2017 05:07 PM
Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate

I think most schools in Oregon had to make similar changes.  If a school district didn't they were the exception to the rule.

Mar 05, 2017 07:39 PM