New York Capital Region Schools To “Give Back” Snow Days

Growing up in the southeast, "Snow Days" were a foreign concept to me. We'd get snow at least once a year in Georgia, but never enough to pull us out of school.

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That's quite the opposite to how things are run up here, where snow days are expected. Sometimes, though, they're promised and never given...

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Giving Back Snow Days

Typically, school districts in the Capital region have a set amount of snow days per year. Despite the harsh winter we experienced, most of these districts have not used all of their allotment.

Since a school year is meant to be exactly 180 days, it's unfair to make the students go for more than that just because the weather wasn't as bad as we thought. That's why, as we near the end of the school year, districts are giving those days back, barring any other weather or emergency days, of course.

When Are the Give Back Days?

The days given differ from district to district. Here's the days you need to know:

• Green Island Central School District
  • May 22nd
• Hunter-Tannersville Central School District
  • May 26th
  • June 26th
• Lansingburgh Central School District
  • May 8th
  • May 22nd
  • May 26th
  • June 5th
• Schodack Central School District
  • May 22nd
  • May 26th (Maple Hill High School Only)
• Mechanicville City School District
  • May 22nd
  • May 26th
• Schuylerville Central School District
  • May 22nd
  • June 5th
• Waterford-Halfmoon Union Free School District
  • May 22nd
  • May 26th
• Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School District
  • May 22nd
  • May 26th
• Gilboa-Conesville Central School District
  • May 22nd
  • June 26th
• Argyle Central School District
  • May 22nd
• Fort Edward Union Free School District
  • May 22nd