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WHEREAS , the Orange County Board of Commissioners encourages the school <br /> districts to develop and continue to expand their year round programs ; and <br /> WHEREAS , with little flexibility built in to the calendar , scheduling make -up days is <br /> extremely challenging ; and <br /> WHEREAS , major hurricanes and severe winter snow storms have caused Orange <br /> County Schools to miss 17 school days over the past three years ; and <br /> WHEREAS , major hurricanes and severe winter snow storms have caused Chapel Hill <br /> Carrboro City Schools to miss 16 school days over the past three years ; and <br /> WHEREAS , fall sports and band begin August 1 , schedules for extracurriculars have not <br /> changed to coincide with the State - mandated school calendar ; and <br /> WHEREAS , local boards of education are best equipped to understand the balancing act <br /> of meeting the community ' s needs and maximizing student success ; and <br /> WHEREAS , restoring local control of school calendars will allow local boards of <br /> education to best meet the calendar preferences of the families , educators , and businesses in our <br /> community while allowing for innovative experimental approaches to improve student <br /> achievement . <br /> NOW THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners expresses its support for local boards of education and the restoration of local <br /> control of school calendars and requests that the North Carolina General Assembly and Governor <br /> Roy Cooper adopt and ratify legislation returning school calendar responsibility to local school <br /> boards of education . <br /> This the 191h day of February , 2019 . <br /> Pe Rich , CIyair ' <br /> Or nge Count Board of Commissioners <br /> 2 <br />