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Winter weather may sometimes lead to late starts instead of canceled classes
1/6/2010

Most school superintendents will tell you that one of their toughest decisions has nothing to do with personnel or curriculum or budgets – it’s that pre-dawn choice that schools face during severe winter weather on whether to cancel school or conduct classes as usual.
District 207 thinks a viable third option is available in some circumstances. On those wintry days, Maine Township High School District 207 might occasionally try something new this year: Delaying the start of classes by a couple of hours instead of canceling school for the entire day.
District 207 schools already have in place a Collaboration Day schedule, in which classes start at 9:40 a.m. If early-morning conditions on some inclement-weather days suggest that a couple of additional hours would give crews enough time to clear streets, sidewalks and parking lots, then District 207 will utilize its Collaboration Day schedule instead of canceling classes altogether.
“Losing instructional days is never a good thing, but particularly at this time of the year when we are heading into semester exams, if we are able to hold school, we need to do so,” said Superintendent Dr. Ken Wallace.
Transportation:
District 207 recognizes that one challenge to an unscheduled late start is that PACE suburban bus service will not have as many buses available as it typically offers on a late-start Wednesday or on a typical school day. We ask students to consider alternative arrangements in advance and to be prepared to implement those plans in the event of a late start due to weather-related issues.
Announcements:
Late starts – and school cancellations – generally will be announced by about 5:30 a.m. on District 207 and Maine East, South and West Web sites. District 207 also will make these announcements through its AlertNow telephone notification system. In addition, District 207 school closures and late starts will be reported to the Emergency Closing Center, which distributes the information through the following Chicago stations: WGN-AM (720), WBBM-AM (780), and CBS-TV (2), NBC-TV (5), ABC-TV (7), WGN-TV (9), Fox-TV and CLTV cable.
On late-start days, parents, students and staff may watch the District and individual school Web sites for updated information on the status of after-school activities.

Maine Discovery Museum

by Angela DiMillo · Jan 13th 2010 · See more Local News

Staff at the Maine Discovery Museum in Bangor say admission has declined since the museum opened 10 years ago. Executive Director Andrea Stark believes it's a combination of many things -- the economy, fear of swine flu, and school budget costs. She says,

"We've had a number of cancellations. We've had schools book us and then they just can't get the funding to come."

The museum is privately funded and relies on donations. Admissions cover about one third of the museum's operating costs. The museum has reduced staff and closed the store. In an effort to bring people in, the museum is running a promotion, Tuesday through Friday until February 12th, where admission is only five dollars.

Although the 2009/2010 school year still leaves about four months, however, the integrated model of school (SMT) in Jalan A Yani almost certain to operate more quickly. Therefore, the Regional Education Office (Disdikda) are the local students' relocation plans from the junior and senior high school international school stubs (RSBI).

"We are doing maping (pemataan, Red) related to the basic needs of operational SMT," said Chief Bojonegoro Disdikda to Radar Bojonegoro Zainuddin yesterday (2 / 2).

According to him, it is very important maping because SMT is the leading international schools. Thus, he added, everything must be planned carefully and not in a hurry. Thus, the stages being run should really focus.

Despite the relocation plan, Zainuddin did not want to admit memaksanakan operation of schools built with funds Rp 110 billion. Because, he said, also must prepare disdikda empowerment of teachers, school management and school facilities and infrastructure. "Yes, no later than the beginning of the new school year 2009/2010," he explained.

However, he added, the relocation plan could be carried out before the new school year. Because, right now Bojonegoro already has two RSBI schools. Namely, SMPN SMAN 1 and 1 Bojonegoro. Thus, students in the class RSBI lived SMT trafficked into the empty building since completion of its construction more than a year ago.

"Because of this SMT is superior schools, the admission of new students at the beginning of next school year is also different to other regular schools. One of them is a standard assessment. That's what we currently godok, "he explained.

As reported, Bojonegoro ambitious integrated winning school building from kindergarten, elementary, junior high to junior high school in one complex. Ambition was realized with a investors took one outside the region. Where, the SMT construction cost of Rp 110 billion, not including equipment and other infrastructure.

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