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The Kanawha County Textbook War, also known as the Kanawha County Textbook Controversy, was a violent school control struggle in the 20th century United States. It led to the largest protests ever in the history of Kanawha County, West Virginia, the shooting of one bystander, and extended school closings. The controversy erupted in 1974 when ...
School closings were likely to be widespread Monday. Districts in Indiana, Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky were already announcing cancellations and delays on Sunday afternoon.
As much as 8 inches (about 20 centimeters) of snow was forecast in parts of Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia through Saturday, the National Weather Service said. More than 1 million public school students in metro Atlanta and north Georgia got a snow day or were at home learning online.
School closings were widespread, with districts in Indiana, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas canceling or delaying the start of classes Monday. Among them was Kentucky’s Jefferson County Public Schools, which canceled classes and other school activities for its nearly 100,000 students.
For example, schools may open school on some federal holidays, shorten spring break, or sometimes make the school year end later. However, some schools are more forgiving, and do not mandate make-up days. In the event of heavy snow, tools have arisen to help students calculate the chance of a weather-related cancellation, most commonly snow days.
On its website Friday, the school system posted: "Due to the inclement weather expected to impact the area tomorrow, all Washington County Public Schools’ events and activities scheduled for ...
Horry County Schools goes to e-learning. Updated 6:26 a.m. Horry County Schools has gone to an e-learning day Monday because of the storm. Schools will be closed but students will operate on e ...
This is a list of school districts in West Virginia, sorted in an alphabetical order. Since 1933, all public school districts in the U.S. state of West Virginia have, by law, exactly followed the county boundaries. All school districts are independent governments. No public school systems are dependent on another layer of government. [1]