Video: District Uses 5 Calamity Days

"Knowing northeast Ohio weather … there's a strong chance we'll have to add on days" if the state doesn't change the days allowed to five, said Superintendent Dr. Russ Jones in December. Right he was.

Today the used its . Now, at least two school days will need to be made up unless a decision from Columbus is made to allow more calamity days a year.

Ohio State Reps. John Carey (R-Wellston) and Casey Kozlowski (R-Pierpont) sponsored a bill that would change the number of calamity days allowed back to five, effective immediately. 

The bill would also allow districts to extend the school day by 30 minutes to make up for the superfluous days off.

This school year, the days allowed off was changed from five to three. 

Jones said he is hopeful that a decision will be made to .

Watch the video to see Jones (humerously) explain the steps to calling a snow day.

Two-hour delays

Instead of canceling school, the district can delay class two hours in the morning to allow time for the roads to be cleared —a plan of attack that Jones said will be "useful."

He said he recalled several times when transportation employees would tell him, "If we had a couple more hours, we could get things ready to go."

If there is a two-hour delay, the day is considered to be a full school day, said Jones. There are a total of 180 school days in a year that must be fulfilled.