Sandy Leaves School Calendar on Brink of Change

More days off will mean shorter spring break for students, as well as some other possible choices.

Any more school days lost to inclement weather or other circumstances would put the remaining 2012-13 school calendar in jeopardy. Unlike many other school districts throughout New Jersey, Hillsborough lost only five days in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Superintendent of Schools Jorden Schiff said at Monday’s school board meeting. Hillsborough schools were closed from Monday, Oct. 29 through Tuesday, Nov. 6 as utility workers struggled to restore power to all parts of the township and the district’s nine schools. School had been scheduled to be closed the week of Nov. 5  for three in-service days and two days for the annual New Jersey Education Association teachers convention in Atlantic City. The school district was able to make up …

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