“The normal allotment of snow days is set with a reasonable expectation of typical winter weather,” said Fairbairn, R-Harbor Springs. “However, this is the second consecutive year of unusually severe storms resulting in more days on which student instruction could not be provided in school districts throughout Northern Michigan and the U.P., and while I believe that, as a rule, missed days need to be made up for the benefit of students, I think that there needs to be an option that, under exigent circumstances, schools can make the decision to seek exceptions to the rule.”
