Rockdale approves make-up days for students

Students in Rockdale County Public Schools will make up classroom time lost due to the tropical storm Sept. 11-14 beginning in November. The Rockdale County Board of Education on Oct. 19 adopted the following revisions to the 2017-18 school year calendar:

• The Independent Learning Early Release day Nov. 6, 2017 will now be a full instructional day.
• The Independent Learning Early Release Day, Feb. 6, 2018 will now be a full instructional day.
• Feb. 21-23, 2018 will be full instructional days. These Winter Intercession days were previously noted as potential inclement weather make-up days on the school calendar.
• Waive one day for students, reducing the number of instructional days from 180 days to 179 days.

For more information, visit www.rockdaleschools.org/calendars