Back off on budgets, snow days, school boards tell NY, citing Sandy
Photo credit: Angela Gaul | A school bus arrives at Tappan Zee High School in Orangeburg. North Rockland Schools and Ramapo Central School District in Suffern were closed for a week as a result of Superstorm Sandy. (Nov. 5, 2012)
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The state's school board association Wednesday called on lawmakers to offer schools relief from budget and calendar restraints to help districts grapple with the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy.
Hudson Valley educators were calling on lawmakers last week to waive a 180 school day requirement, after districts burned through emergency days to deal with power outages and road closures.
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