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School Day Will Be Extended By 30 Minutes In Fayette County

WUKY | By Karyn Czar
Published March 24, 2015 at 7:49 AM EDT

The Fayette County School Board has voted to add 30 minutes to the end of each school day to make up for time lost in the classroom because of weather. 

The dismissal time change begins on April 20th and the last day of school has been set for May 29th.  Fayette County lost seven school days and six hours for delays caused by snow and ice.  This change coincides with state law and gives students to required attendance of 1,062 instructional hours and at least 170 school days per year.

High school graduation ceremonies will take place on:

•             May 29: 4 p.m. – Lafayette High; 7 p.m. – Tates Creek High

•             May 30: 10 a.m. – Bryan Station High; 1 p.m. – Henry Clay High; 4 p.m. – Paul Laurence Dunbar High

Effective April 20 2015, dismissal times for Fayette County Public Schools will be amended as follows:

  • 3:05 p.m. dismissal: (elementaries): Academy for Leadership at Millcreek, Arlington, Ashland, Athens-Chilesburg, Booker T. Washington Primary and Intermediate Academy, Breckinridge, Cardinal Valley, Clays Mill, Deep Springs, Dixie, Garden Springs, Glendover, James Lane Allen, Julius Marks, Lansdowne, Liberty, Maxwell, Meadowthorpe, , Picadome, Rosa Parks, Russell Cave, Sandersville, Southern Elementary, Squires, Stonewall, Tates Creek Elementary, Veterans Park, Wellington, William Wells Brown and Yates.
  • 3:45 p.m. dismissal: (elementaries): Cassidy, Harrison, Mary Todd and Northern.
  • 3:45 p.m. dismissal: (high schools): Bryan Station High, Henry Clay, Lafayette, Paul Laurence Dunbar and Tates Creek High.
  • 4:15 p.m. dismissal: (middle school): SCAPA at Bluegrass.
  • 4:25 p.m. dismissal: (middle schools): Beaumont, Bryan Station Middle, Crawford, Edythe J. Hayes, Jessie Clark, Leestown, Lexington Traditional Magnet, Morton, Southern Middle, Tates Creek Middle and Winburn.
  • Other programs:
    • 2:45 p.m. dismissal: Opportunity Middle College.
    • 3:05 p.m. dismissal: Carter G. Woodson Academy and STEAM Academy.
    • 3:55 p.m. dismissal: The Stables.
    • 4:30 p.m. dismissal: Martin Luther King Jr. Academy.
    • 4:40 p.m. dismissal: The Learning Center at Linlee.