Students will now have two full days, rather than two half days of school to accommodate the days missed due to Hurricane Idalia and will go to school for a half day before Winter Break begins in December.

The school district closed schools on Aug. 29 and Aug. 30 in abundance of caution as Southwest Florida felt the outer bands of Hurricane Idalia.

“We are required by Florida law to have a certain amount of hours of instruction in each semester. We felt the best way to meet that legal requirement and still finish the semester before Winter Break was to extend the early dismissal days already in place and use the previously approved hurricane make-up day on Dec. 22 as an early dismissal day,” School District of Lee County Spokesperson Rob Spicker said.

Those make-up days include:

• Oct. 25, now a full day

• Dec. 21, now a full day

• Dec. 22, rather than a day off, will now be an early dismissal day for students and a workday for all staff.

The calendar can be viewed at leeschools.net/calendars.