Schools to be allowed flexibility in making up lost days [Independent.ie]
- Published: 15 January 2010
SCHOOLS will be allowed flexibility in making up time lost due to the severe weather -- and the mid-term break and Easter holidays are safe.
Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe said yesterday that he did not want to be "dogmatic" on the issue of replacing lost days.
All 4,000 schools throughout the country were closed last Monday, most have lost at least three days and many had to shut for even longer as thawing snow and ice gave way to other problems.
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