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“By having school constantly canceled and delayed, what was initially a reflex of going to class and keeping on top of my work has started to feel like a chore or a bother,” said Keith Goldstein, a student at Western.
For elementary and secondary students in the Danbury Public Schools, extra days in case of snow are built into the calendar. Any needed makeup days are added on at the end of the school year to meet the 180 days of school required by the state.
But it's a much bigger challenge for colleges, with their set schedules, to make up the many snow days from this extra-hard winter.
Goldstein said his girlfriend attends the University of New Haven, where missed classes on Mondays were rescheduled for Thursdays for students and professors to catch up on the missed material.
“My professors, to make up for lost time, are pushing back and merging due dates,” said Ryan Stewart, also a student at Western.
Western students missed a total of six Monday classes due to snowstorms in the spring semester. Professors are scrambling, trying to decide what to do to make up for the missed time. Some professors have doubled up on homework, and others have had to move assignments around.
“I dropped a Monday night class due to the amount of classes canceled,” said Sarah Pasia, a student at Western. "I believe the registrar's office should have extended the drop period for Monday night classes considering there was only one or two within like seven weeks."
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