School board adds day to 'spring break'

The Sidney School Board added a day to "spring break" for the 2016-17 school calendar at its regularly scheduled meeting held Monday night.

In a discussion of the 2016-17 school calendar, a day was added to what was formerly "Easter break" and its name was changed to "spring break." Sidney Superintendent Jay Ehler said this was done to accommodate a wide variety of families that live in the Sidney area. The 2016-2017 school calendar was approved.

The board discussion of the impending resignation of board member Janet Rosenbaum was tabled, as was the approval of a process to fill the empty b...