Somerset Co. Schools announce virtual school day plan for weather-related closures

WESTOVER, Md. – Somerset County Public Schools have announced the approval of the district’s 2022-2023 Virtual School Day Plan.

This plan authorizes the conversion of up to three weather-related school closure days to asynchronous virtual school days. These virtual school days implemented during weather-related closures are recognized as a full school day, eliminating the need to utilize a make-up day later in the school year.

In anticipation of a weather-related closure, schools will provide advance notice to prepare students and staff for a virtual school day. Students will take home their assigned devices and/or materials to complete assignments that have been previously downloaded or distributed. The assignments can be completed during the school closure day at a time determine by the student and parent/guardian and turned in when they return to school. Students will be marked “present” for the virtual school day upon submitting the asynchronous assignments.

The virtual school day plan can be viewed here.