Mentor Schools, Lake Catholic Closed Today Because of Snow

 and  are closed today because of concerns about snow, wind and messy roads.

The National Weather Service that a winter storm could drop between 6 to 10 inches of snow by 4 p.m. today. Then winds between 15 and 25 mph could make things even messier this afternoon.

This is the fifth snow day of the year for Mentor Schools and Lake Catholic. A recent state law change made it so districts only have three calamity days instead of the previously allotted five.

This means that the schools will have to make up at least two days unless the law changes back.

State Sen. Tim Grendell has proposed legislation that would return the number of calamity days from three to five. It is possible, if the legislation is approved and applied retroactively, the schools would not have to make up for extra calamity days this year.

However, will have to make up school days no matter what. It missed three days earlier this year because of a fire, in addition to the snow days. It already made up one day by having class on Presidents Day.

Mentor Schools spokeswoman Kristen Kirby the district would have school on in-service days, certain holidays or add to the end of the school year, if necessary.

Kirby said each additional day would cost the school district about $8,500. The expense pays for the schools' utilities and non-administrative staff who still have to work on snow days.

Mentor Patch will keep you updated on how this snow day impacts extracurricular activities such as Lake Catholic setting up for its annual Emerald Auction and 's district wrestling tournament.