Enjoy today.Its the last day of your
spring break.
On Monday, Rowan waited through a cloudy,
glowering Monday with little or no precipitation of any sort while South Carolina and the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg area got pelted with snow.
But the snow finally fell early this morning, and
at 4:30 a.m., Rowan-Salisbury Schools Superintendent Dr. Joe McCann called off classes for
another day.
And today is it for the spring holiday scheduled
for April 17 through 20. April 17 and 18 were wiped out when schools were closed for snow
last Tuesday and Wednesday. Mondays closing took away April 19, and today counts for
April 20.
And that takes us up to Good Friday,
McCann said.
If more school days are lost because of weather,
they will be made up on Feb. 18, a Friday, and Feb. 21, a Monday, which have been
scheduled as system-wide work days.
Thats all thats built in,
McCann said.
And that means spring holidays have been cut
to Good Friday and Easter Monday, which will give us a four-day weekend if we have no
additional inclement weather.
If more than two more days are lost, new make-up
days will have to be scheduled by the staff and the board.
Schools were still scheduled to meet through most
of Monday night and this morning. Some mixed snow and rain fell as the school board
concluded a called meeting at the Long Street office last night about 10.
The roads were wet, McCann said, so he
and Assistant Superintendent Gene Miller planned to ask people to get up at 4 a.m. and
take a look.
At 4 a.m. the ground was covered,
McCann said, and Gene was getting reports that we had snow throughout the
county.
And Wednesday?
Well look at road decisions again this
afternoon, McCann said. If we can make a decision then we will. If not,
well get up at 3:30 tomorrow morning and make a decision about 4.
Theres a lot of ice out there, and
that will go away very slowly if the temperatures only go to the mid or upper
30s.
Members of the staff who work 11 and 12 months are
at work today or are taking leave. Maintenance and transportation staff members are
taking this opportunity to catch up in those areas full force.
To find out if schools will be open tomorrow, call
636-7500 and press 1 or go to