Districts in at least six different states including Missouri, Kansas, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, and Maryland have amended their schedules to include"wellness days" this school year.Missouri's Ladue School District is among at least a dozen districts in the St. Louis area that built in extra days of rest around the holiday."We were noticing a common theme and that was stress," Ladue Superintendent Jim Wipke told CNN.
"I hope this change will give everyone more time during a season where many of us look forward to reconnecting and recharging," said Kansas City Public School Superintendent Mark Bedell in a statement.One of the largest school districts in Florida, Brevard Public Schools, allocated two unused"hurricane days" to extend the holiday break, according to an official announcement on social media.
Awesome. The continued softening of our children. Way to keep making them victims.
This may be an unspoken way of trying to avoid a covid outbreak. Our school did this last year-we were in person all last year. We did an extra week off after the thanksgiving break and an extra week off after the Christmas holiday break. Worked out fine.