Storms play havoc with midwinter vacation days
Photo credit: Gordon M. Grant | Pierson High School in Sag Harbor is shown after a blizzard with 12-to-18-inches of snow passed through the area. (Feb. 9, 2013)
Most Long Island schools cast aside a decades-long tradition of a midwinter break to hold classes this week, and now some districts are canceling spring vacation days as well -- all to make up for time lost to superstorm Sandy, a November nor'easter and the recent blizzard.
Overall, 89 of the Island's 124 school districts are giving up midwinter break and holding classes for periods ranging...
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