Pinellas County School Board to vote on updated calendar following storms

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Another piece of the recovery puzzles is figuring out how to make up time missed at school.

Pinellas County’s school boards will try to figure that out at a meeting this Tuesday.

Students missed nearly 50 hours of class time between hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Superintendent Kevin Hendrick proposed a new calendar earlier this week. It includes adding a handful of days that were previously scheduled as early release or teacher planning days.

Middle and high schoolers would also have their first semester exams waived. That would give them another full week of classes.