Classrooms roughly half-full for Newton's first day of makeup classes, officials say

Despite the fact Newton Public Schools is holding classes during February school vacation week to make up missed days due to the, some students and teachers said school Tuesday largely felt like any other day.

"It has been a very typical school day with teachers and staff providing learning experiences to students in attendance," McDonough said in an email. Newton Public Schools has to make up those 11 missed school days before the end of June in order to comply with a state policy requiring districts to offer 180 school days in a year.earlier this month to use up the February vacation week to make up for the extended closure. according to the district's websiteSchool officials made clear that Newton students who are absent this week will not be punished for missing classes, as many families had pre-booked travel plans for this week.

Newton parent Rakashi Chand said even though her 15- and 16-year-old high-schoolers wouldn't be penalized for missing school this week, she still sent them to class.

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