Abstract:
This study examined the rationale Indiana public school superintendents have used in
making the decision to implement an e-learning day program for their districts to make up for
lost instructional time when school is cancelled due to inclement weather. The conceptual
framework for this study was Karl Weick’s Sensemaking In Organizations. The purpose of this
perceptual study of Indiana public school superintendents was to discover superintendents’
sensemaking for making policy decisions regarding implementing an e-learning day when
unscheduled school closings occur. In this quantitative study, all 291 Indiana public school
superintendents were surveyed to improve the understanding of the sensemaking behind their
decision to implement e-learning or continue with the use of more traditional practices for
making up lost instructional time when unscheduled school closings occur due to inclement
weather.
