ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. — Superintendent Dr. Mark Bedell presented Anne Arundel County Public Schools' proposed plan to repurpose certain school days for virtual learning.
Starting this process will call for adoption by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE).
The plan is not intended for sustained virtual learning. Instead, it enables school systems to have the flexibility to repurpose certain days when necessary and to keep the end of the school year closer to the beginning of June.
MSDE allows school systems the opportunity to use a total of eight days as virtual school days.
The proposal calls for repurposing only inclement weather days.
Baltimore City Public Schools has three "snow days" built into the end of the calendar. Meaning, if there are three days of inclement weather, school will be closed.
If there is a fourth "snow day," virtual learning will happen on that day and any other day missed after that.
Baltimore County adopted a similar plan and it has since been approved by the MSDE.
To read Baltimore County's plan click here:
MSDE Virtual Day Instruction Plan_SY2023-2024_072623 by Rushaad Hayward on Scribd
For more details on Anne Arundel County's plan, click here.
The Board will revisit the plan and vote on its adoption at its September 20, 2023 meeting.
