The final attendance day for students for the 2014-15 school year will be June 11.
In a letter to parents, Superintendent Brian Garverick said, “As you are aware, snow, ice and subzero temperatures forced the closing of schools on several occasions, mostly in January and February. While we are not required to make up each day of school missed due to closings, it is in the best interest of our students to make up some of the precious instructional time lost this year, and to equip your children to begin summer recess with as much instruction as we can reasonably provide without significant interference with your family’s summer plans.
“Likewise, determining the final day of school involved other considerations. Some of them included the start dates for summer programs and government-funded work programs for students, as well as summer building maintenance schedules.
"Please know that the safety of children was the overriding factor in each decision I made to delay the start of school or close for the entire day. There is no magic formula in that decision-making process. I made the decision by driving the streets of Mansfield and talking with Mansfield City safety officials about the progress of snow removal.
"We all hope that consistently warmer weather is here to stay. Nevertheless, I will continue to monitor conditions carefully if winter were to attempt an encore.
‘Thank you for your support. Have a great Tyger day.”
Brian Garverick
Superintendent