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Will remote learning spell the death of the snow day?
Marjorie Cortez
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Third graders Berkeley Downing and Maria Dabrowski play on a zipline during recess outside of Sunrise Elementary School in Sandy on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. With remote learning capabilities, snow days can now mean a remote learning day instead of school cancellation.
SANDY A snow day always seems like a fine idea until students and teachers have to make up a day of school.
Past practice has been to build “school emergency closure” days into the school calendar, which can fall on a holiday or shave off a day of spring recess. The problem is, attendance on those days is typically “extremely low,” said Alice Peck, Canyons School District’s performance director.

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