Fairfax County School Board to Consider Late Opening for Presidential Primary in March 2016
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Date: October 09, 2015 05:22PM
Fairfax County School Board to Consider Late Opening for Presidential Primary in March 2016
The Fairfax County School Board has received a request from the Fairfax County Board of Elections to consider a two-hour delayed opening for school on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, to accommodate an anticipated increase in voter turnout for the 2016 presidential primary, also known as Super Tuesday.
This action would result in a revision to the 2015-16 standard school year calendar requiring a School Board vote, which will take place at its October 22 business meeting. If the Board does vote for the delayed opening, it will reduce the number of built-in inclement weather days from 13 to 12.7 for the 2015-16 school year.
A total of 165 of the 196 schools and centers in Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) are used as polling places. FCPS policies and regulations require that parking spaces are to be reserved for voters. Based on the anticipated numbers of voters who are expected to participate in the presidential primary, and to avoid congestion at the schools during arrival times, the Board is considering the delayed opening.