Miami-Dade Schools Announce Hurricane Irma Makeup Days

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Students in Miami-Dade County missed seven days of school due to Hurricane Irma and the Miami-Dade School Board has approved a plan to make up those days.

On Wednesday, October 11th the board voted on cutting two teacher workdays and changing three early release days to full days.

These are the changes for elementary, secondary schools and juvenile justice center schools:

• January 19, 2018 (previously a teacher planning day);
• February 15, 2018 (previously a secondary early release day);
• April 19, 2018 (previously a secondary early release day);
• April 20, 2018 (previously a teacher planning day); and
• May 17, 2018 (previously a secondary early release day)

The dates for adult and vocational education schools are:

• January 19, 2018 (previously a teacher planning day)
• April 20, 2018 (previously a teacher planning day)

The Broward County School Board has already approved its Hurricane Irma makeup days.

It approved revising two early release days - October 19, 2017 and December 22, 2017 -- as makeup days.