Johnson County Schools typically get together and make a collective decision regarding students and making up snow days.  Six snow days are built in to the school year.

In Shawnee Mission, spokesperson Leigh Ann Neal said they won't make a final decision until after their spring break, which is the week of March 31.  She says so far students have taken 6 days.

According to the Kansas State Department of Education spokesperson Michelle Clark, each district there can decide how its students will reach the "state required 116 hours per school year" when they build their schedules.

Districts can designate up to 5 days and if they use them the state will waive that many days.

Friends University announces that it will offer four fully online programs to individuals in the local region. The following programs will be offered with online classes scheduled to start in September 2010, January 2011 and June 2011.

Bachelor of Science in Organizational Management & Leadership (OML)
The OML program is an upper-level degree completion program designed for employed adults seeking a bachelor’s degree. The program explores functions of management, organizational research and behavior, interpersonal communications, and human resource management.

Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
This graduate program is for current teachers and focuses on the practical application of classroom learning-teaching skills, utilizing the best of theory and practice. Each student, with a faculty advisor, designs an individualized plan for a research study that is targeted, relevant and immediately applicable.