Students in Farmington still learn on snow days

All the snow that we've been getting of late means lots of school cancellations. Many districts have already called off school enough this year that they may need to add days to the end of the school year or find another way to make up the time.

That is not the case in the Farmington school district. That's because Farmington is one of the districts in the state that has a system for converting snow days into flex days. That allows students and teachers to continue their school work from home.

MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke to Farmington Superintendent Jay Haugen.

Click on the audio player above to hear their story.

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