Monday's Internet Edition, February 08, 2010.
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Last week, following discussion and a vote to set the two snow make-up days as Monday, June 8 and Tuesday, June 9, the board voted unanimously to have graduation on Tuesday night, but Chair Rick Ellis said earlier this week that “board members have expressed concerns about the graduation ceremony not being on a Friday and the issues that causes for graduates and their families, especially those with out of town relatives planning to attend.”
The board may decide to have a called meeting to consider the change.
The law states students have to attend school 180 days, but because seniors would have already graduated before the last two official days of school, those last two days could be unexcused absences, according to Linda Barnette, board member.
"Monday and Tuesday would be unexcused absences for them, as I understand it, which would not matter if they had already graduated. I am told this is legal ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.