Read The Chicago School Reviews most recent article on how Chicago Public Schools will make up for lost days to the snow.

1. CHICAGO SCHOOLS
MAKE-UP LOST DAYS
By: The Chicago School Reviews

2. On January 6th, 7th and again on January 27th and 28th,
the heavy snow and frigid temperatures resulted in
shutting down of schools in Chicago. It was too cold for
students to come to their schools, in fact, with
temperatures dropping below record lows of -11°, it was
too cold for anyone to come out of their homes.

3. Chicago Public Schools Plan For
Making Up For The Days Gone Missed
Signed by the CEO of Chicago Public Schools, Barbara Byrd Bennett, the schools in Chicago
received an email which consisted of the plans to make up for the days lost. The rescheduled
information included:
• March 28th was supposed to be a Professional Development Day which has been changed to
a student attendance day.
• June 11th which was also supposed to be Professional Development Day has been changed
to a regular student’s attendance day.
• June 12th was supposed to be a Flex Professional Development Day (which according to the
Chicago Public Schools, could be used by schools for planning earlier in the school year at
their discretion) has been changed to a student attendance day.
• The first day of summer break for teachers, June 13 th will become a student attendance day.
• June 16th will become the Professional Development Day which was earlier supposed to be
March 28th (So March 28th will be a regular students attendance day)
• The Professional Development Day earlier scheduled for June 11 th, has now been changed
to June 17th (originally a summer inter-session day).

4. Although this schedule has been planned and forwarded to all the
schools, school managements have some issue regarding the
schedule.
The one primary concern according to Ray Salazar, a prominent
English teacher in Chicago Public Schools is that, ‘We closed schools
when it was too cold, so we’ll extend schools when it’s hot?’, added to
that according to the pre-planned schedule for June, everyone’s mind
will be on summer vacations, plus the report card results for High
School students are normally entered a week before the newly planned
make-up days, so any classes conducted between June 11th and June
13th won’t really affect student grades.
Plus the Chicago Public Schools has already been facing a lot of
criticism regarding their approvals and disapprovals for the proposals
for new schools. Well let’s hope for the best, having said that, students
in the Chicago schools better get ready for a few hot days at school in
the summer!

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Sources:
http://www.chicagonow.com/white-rhino/2014/02/chicago-public-schools-makeup-days-3/
http://www.suntimes.com/news/25100782-418/board-of-ed-approves-7-new-chicago-charter-schools.html
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-01-22/news/chi-amid-protests-cps-considers-up-to-17-new-charter-schools20140122_1_charter-schools-andrew-broy-charter-expansion