As you know, students in Maryland are required to attend school for 181 days per school year. Enter 2009 and 2010, where students have had 10 days off for snow…already, and it’s still February. What recourse do the schools have? Well, they can apply to the State for a waiver, and Anne Arundel County Schools superintendent has done just that.

There are no guarantees, but the State can grant a waiver of up to 5 days, thus, reducing the school year to just 176 days, instead of the required 181.

If the State doesn’t grant the waiver, I can’t begin to imagine what a mess its going to be for parents and students at the end of the school year.