CAMBRIDGE - Due to October fog and floods and January snows, Superintendent W. David Bromwell has been looking at ways to make up days in which schools were closed.

At this week’s Board of Education meeting, he will propose some calendar changes: Thursday, Jan. 27, would become a regular school day for students and staff; Friday, Jan. 28, would be an early dismissal day for students and a report card prep day for staff; and the new semester and new classes for secondary students would begin Monday, Jan. 31.

Looking further ahead, Mr. Bromwell will also ask the Board to make Tuesday, April 19, a regular school day. These proposed calendar changes are contingent upon approval by the Board of Education and will be decided at the Thursday, Jan. 20, meeting after which administrators will make DCPS families aware of the outcome.

Board of Education meeting

Thursday, Jan. 20, 4:45 p.m., at Dorchester Career and Technology Center, 2465 Cambridge Bypass.

The Dorchester County Board of Education will open the meeting up to 10 in-person attendees, following CDC guidelines. Those wishing to attend or speak in person will need to register in advance.

To register to attend or speak, go to the Dorchester County Public Schools webpage, and click “Leadership” and choose “Board of Education.” The link to register went live at 3 p.m. Friday.

The agenda and related documents can be accessed online via BoardDocs on the Dorchester County Public Schools website at www.dcps.k12.md.us.

Anyone who would like to submit public comments electronically, to be included in the minutes, can email Chris Dayton, daytonc@dcpsmd.org by 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20.

All Board of Education meetings will be livestreamed at townhallstreams.com/towns/dorchesterboe.

After the start of the open session, the board will meet in closed session in accordance with Section 3-305 of the General Provisions of the Annotated Code of Maryland. At the conclusion of the closed session, the board will reconvene at 6 p.m. in open session.