By John Estridge
Union County College Corner Joint School District Board of Trustees pushed the 2020-21 school year’s first day back one day from Wednesday, August 12 to Thursday, August 13.
The reasoning is to allow teachers to have an extra day to prepare for this school year.
School board member Jessica Jones has lobbied hard during the last couple of meetings for the teachers in the school district to have extra time to prepare for the school year in this unprecedented situation. To make this work, the school board changed the school calendar during a special meeting Thursday morning, August 6. Monday, September 28 is a parent/teacher conference while students have an e-learning day. And Presidents Day, Monday, February 15, 2021, was a snow make-up day, but it is now a regular school day.