CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools have have not held classes for five straight days now due to inclement weather. As of Thursday all five allotted inclement weather days for students have been used and the three inclement weather days for teachers have been used.

There have been many questions about inclement weather days and how they are made up in Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools. Here is the explanation:

Schools will be in session on Presidents Day (Feb. 19) to make up for the last day missed.

The Clarksville-Montgomery County School Board voted at its formal session July 18, 2017 on the Inclement Weather Make Up Plan for the school year, should it be needed.

1. The first five days missed by students will not be made up and will come from stockpiled student days
2. The sixth day missed and subsequent days will be made up as available:
a. January 2, 2018 (staff development day)
b. February 19, 2018 (Presidents Day)
c. Early release day on March 2, 2018 will be converted to a full day with thirty minutes added to eight additional school days to equal one day.
d. Thirty minutes added to thirteen days not to infringe upon the state testing window to account for one make-up day
3. Make up for days missed beyond this plan will be determined as circumstances require.
* This make-up plan applies to missed student days. Teachers will be allowed three days
missed due to inclement weather without making them up.

The law allows for 13 days to be stockpiled by students. Students stockpile days by going 30 extra minutes. Teachers do not stockpile days. The district chose years ago, with input from teachers and administrators, to use four of the stockpiled days as staff development which left nine student stockpiled days.

A few years ago, again with teacher and administrator input, three early release days were added. This accounts for one more day to be subtracted from the nine which then leaves eight days from the 13.

The Board will forgive three days of the eight for teachers and five days for students. Subsequent days would need to be approved by the Board for makeup or not.

“In years past, we have made up days in a variety of ways and usually that was dependent upon how many were lost and the time of year the inclement weather occurred,” CMCSS spokesperson. Other school districts do make up the days, but they may not make up all of them and may not have the days allotted for staff development.

Details below show closings so far for the 2017-18 school year:

Sept. 1 – Schools closed due to hazardous conditions caused by significant winds and rain (power outages, power lines and trees blocking the roads) Inclement Weather Day Used
Jan. 3, 4, 5 – Schools had delayed openings, does not affect stock pile days
Jan. 12 – Schools and District closed due to inclement weather. All employees will be compensated for normally scheduled hours. Inclement Weather Day Used
Jan. 16 – Schools and District closed due to inclement weather. All employees will be compensated for normally scheduled hours. Inclement Weather Day used
Jan. 17 – Schools closed due to inclement weather. Inclement Weather Day Used
Jan. 18 – Schools closed due to inclement weather. Inclement Weather Day Used