Boston Globe 4/18/15: Schools use novel way of making up snow days. Winter’s record snowfall left a trail of decimated school calendars, forcing districts to grapple with holding classes on Saturdays, on religious holidays, or during April vacation to meet state education requirements. But making up some of those days could have been as simple as experimenting with out-of-school assignments or activities, a move that does not require approval from state education officials. School systems in Burlington and Wayland have also alerted state education officials that they would be experimenting with out-of-school activities as a way to make up for lost classroom time.

In Wayland, a committee has been formed with the goal of launching a similar type of program next school year, said Superintendent Paul Stein. With middle and high school students already getting school-issued Chromebooks or MacBook Airs, he said it makes sense for the district to adopt a system to allow for instructional learning at home on snow days.