Officials at two school systems, those in Lawrence and Limestone counties, decided to add time to school days to make up for missed days during the recent arctic cold front but other systems have not announced plans.
Limestone County schools, which closed one day due to power outages and burst pipes and delayed other days, will add one hour to regular class schedules from Jan. 13-17, Jan. 21-24 and Jan. 27, Superintendent Dr. Tom Sisk said. Buses will run when students are released from class. .
Lawrence County schools, which were closed due to buses that would not start, will add an hour to each day through Jan. 17 to make up eight of the 14 hours missed, according to .
State law requires schools to have 180 days of instruction.
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Morgan County. Although the system put two days for inclement weather into its academic calendar, Superintendent Bill Hopkins Jr. plans to ask the state's forgiveness on the missed time before making a decision.
Decatur. Students did not miss any full days.
Hartselle. No decision on make-up days has been made.
Athens. No decision.