School District eliminating snow days

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Anderson County, S.C. (AP) –  Snow days will soon be a thing of the past in one Upstate school district.

According to the Anderson Independent Mail, Anderson School District 5 will be the first in the state to replace snow days with e-learning days.

In those cases, when the roads are too icy for buses teachers will send assignments to their students computers and monitor their progress on-line. Superintendent Tom

Wilson told the Anderson Independent-Mail it makes no sense to run buses on a make up day in June where only a quarter of students attend.

The district says assignments don’t require internet service and any students without power or with a technology issue will have five days to complete assignments.

Officials say a firm school calendar means parents can plan vacations and child care more easily.