As snow days pile up, school districts are working hard to ensure students complete the school year on time. Virginia mandates a minimum of 180 instructional days or 990 instructional hours.
Here’s how many missed days of school students have had and how much more they can afford.
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Roanoke City Schools
- Closed for 8 days total due to weather, with 1 two-hour delay and 1 early dismissal.
- 22 instructional hours (about 3.5 days) remain for future closures.
- No changes anticipated for make-up days.
Bedford County Schools
- Experienced 13 weather-related closures.
- Uses hours to calculate banked time (990 required).
- First 5 missed days must be made up; each made-up day credits 2 days.
- 2 additional days in banked time.
- Taken 2 teacher workdays; can apply for a waiver if needed.
Campbell County Schools
- Closed for 5 days, 4 late arrivals, and 3 remote learning days.
- On track to meet required hours; monitoring closely.
- Considering changing a March professional development day to a school day.
Franklin County Schools
- Closed for 14 days; some schools closed more due to illness, power outages, and a fire.
- 2 virtual learning days count toward 990-hour requirement.
- All schools remain above the minimum requirement.
- Working on plans to maintain instructional hours above the minimum.
Martinsville Schools
- 6 weather-related closures, 8 full banked days available.
- Minimum of 990 clock hours needed; make-up days added if 8 banked days are used.
- Emphasizes in-person instruction; longer school days build banked time.
Botetourt County Schools
- 18 closure/delay/early release events.
- 10 hours of bank time remaining; 6 hours after upcoming early release days.
- 3 make-up days left (April 18, May 22, May 23).
- Decision to use bank time or remote learning made by central office administration.
