Over the next three months, community members can look forward to ‘Snow Days’ in the Town of Culver.
Culver Park Superintendent Amber Cowell discussed this collaborative effort with the Farmers’ Market and the Culver and Lake Maxinkuckee Visitor Center when town council members met last Thursday.
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The North Judson-San Pierre School Corporation has scheduled two snow make up days. Students will now be in class on Friday, March 25th and Friday, May 27th. Continue reading
Plenty of snow accumulation cancelled school yet again in the Kankakee Valley on Monday.
Due to the number of snow days taken, some school corporations now have some decisions to make on just how they plan to make up even more days of class days. In Indiana, no fewer than 180 instructional days can be held.
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On December 13th, Starke County had a level one snow emergency, prompting the County Commissioners to close the Courthouse. That brought up the question of “should employees be paid when the courthouse is closed?”
It was noted that no policy is in place to address this question. At the last Commissioners meeting, it was decided to pay the employees for that day, but in the future, “snow days” must be used as a vacation day, or a non-paid day. Sick days cannot be used for this type of situation.
