Schools
Students Will Get 6-Day Memorial Day Weekend
Lack of snow days prompt more vacation days in May.
Less than a month before the end of the school year, township students will get a six-day Memorial Day weekend in May.
Because of the winter's mild and snowless weather, the school district has two l "snow days" that were not used.
Hillsborough, like other school districts, sets aside days on the school calendar in case inclement weather or other circumstances force schools to close.
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New Jersey state law requires public school districts to be in session for 180 days. That means, if no other emergency days are used, the four-day Memorial Day originally on the district calendar will be extended on both ends, Superintendent of Schools Jorden Schiff announced at Monday's school board meeting.
Thursday, May 24 and Tuesday, May 29 have been added to the holiday weekend. Friday, May 25 was already scheduled as a vacation day and Monday, May 28 is Memorial Day.
