A math error led New Haven to have 179 days of public school this past academic year instead of the state-mandated 180.
Now the State Board of Education will decide what to do about it.
So New Haven Superintendent of Schools Iline Tracey reported in an email message circulated Tuesday morning.
“The Connecticut State Department of Education informed us that we were shy one day of school 2021 – 2022 school year based on our calendar and reporting of attendance — 179 versus 180 days,” Tracey wrote.
She then explained how that happened: “We normally have 182 student days built in due to anticipated snow days, but we had three snow days and made up one at the end of last school year. The calendar is usually developed by the union in collaboration with a central office staff, then perused by us before board adoption. Upon investigation, it appears that a professional development day was inadvertently counted as a school day.”
Tracey added that the state board of ed has the matter on the agenda for a meeting this week.
“I am waiting to hear the actual decision for how this should be remedied,” Tracey wrote.