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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 125306" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>I completely agree with you. I know it must be hard to be a teacher in a class with a lot of kids absent, for the reasons you say- have to catch the absent kids up, anyway.....</p><p>I have been lucky becuz we live in town, and the schools are all very very close for my kids, wwalking distance for elem and middle scchool and justbarely 2 miles for HS BUT yes we bus kids in from a neighboring town- yes, across country roads, wide open, 1 lane each way, with open fields on each side, and it is quite dangerous when the weather is bad. I have also been lucky becuz childcare has not been a problem for us cuz I worked mostly nites and my husband has not worked in years and years......but, yes, I agree, WHY risk anyone getting hurt or worse in a car accident ? </p><p>Our school builds 5 snow days into every school year. For years, they never used any of them. This year they are now very close or maybe at 5......but----- too bad. in my opinion safety should come first. I know some people have plans for as soon as school gets out......but still, safety first. and I understand there is a minimum number of school days required and school hours per day, LOL, our school has the kids come 1 hour for the first day of school and they go one day for 1 hour as the last day. That never made sense to me, I still do not know WHY they do it this way here.....especially when they often have the first day for that 1 hour be a Fri......and very often then there is labor day on Mon so the first day of school is Tuesday, really. And many years the last day where they go for 1 hour has been on a Monday. Anyway if someone does get hurt, the one snow day might not make any difference if someone is hospitalized and if someone dies, well, they sure are not gonna care if the school day gets extended one more day. </p><p>Makes sense to me if the road authorities say "Do not be on roads unless necessary" that tells me, there should then be a snow day at school. Even tho I do ackowledge it does complicate things. </p><p>I also never understood the school in session but no busses due to weather? I am glad our school does not do THAT. If the weather is that bad the busses cannot run, why would they send kids out walking in it? What if a car slides off the road and hits them? And not all families have a car to drive their kids. I also do not understand them letting the kids start late instead of haveing a ssnow day- our school also never does this. Seems to me by the time they get word out for late start, most people are already on their way, and wouldn't that still mess up the hours required for being in school? DO kids and teachers etc have to make THAT time up, too? </p><p>I have also wondered if they should just call them "emergency days" LOL. Our school does not call a day even if the temp is 35 below zero. I worry about walkers in that kind of weather. And that temp is hard on cars, too. AND our school does not call a day even when it is over 100 even with high humidity- even tho our HS is 4 stories, brick and non air conditioned, even tho last time at least 30 kids at the HS got heat exhaustion at school. Why? Becuz the days are "snow" days. ANd one day last school year it was televised ahead of time that the next day was high risk for tornados......and yes, tornados came thru right at the time to let kids out of school....and the elem kids did not get released becuz of the tornados, for a few hours----but the middle school had already let kids go------wondering if that happened again, would it maybe be better to call off school so the kids are not all stuck in those older buildings if a tornado did hit? I do not know, I am not sure, but I do wonder. And if the kids are in the emergency procedure they follow FOR severe wetaher- well- seems to me they are not "learning academics" then, anyway? </p><p>Some of it confuses me, but I know it is so complicated, but, some of it seems so basic to me. Safety first. Not only does that hopefully keep people safe but it also teaches the kids by example-----kinda like in science lab- safety first. "See we practice what we say- safety first." Bad roads, dangerous weather- STAY HOME! I always thought I would be a mess if bad weather hit and I had kids at 3 different school buildings scattered around town.</p><p></p><p>I suppose it is not easy makeing everyone happy. But I sure am glad my school did call a snow day yesterday. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 125306, member: 1697"] I completely agree with you. I know it must be hard to be a teacher in a class with a lot of kids absent, for the reasons you say- have to catch the absent kids up, anyway..... I have been lucky becuz we live in town, and the schools are all very very close for my kids, wwalking distance for elem and middle scchool and justbarely 2 miles for HS BUT yes we bus kids in from a neighboring town- yes, across country roads, wide open, 1 lane each way, with open fields on each side, and it is quite dangerous when the weather is bad. I have also been lucky becuz childcare has not been a problem for us cuz I worked mostly nites and my husband has not worked in years and years......but, yes, I agree, WHY risk anyone getting hurt or worse in a car accident ? Our school builds 5 snow days into every school year. For years, they never used any of them. This year they are now very close or maybe at 5......but----- too bad. in my opinion safety should come first. I know some people have plans for as soon as school gets out......but still, safety first. and I understand there is a minimum number of school days required and school hours per day, LOL, our school has the kids come 1 hour for the first day of school and they go one day for 1 hour as the last day. That never made sense to me, I still do not know WHY they do it this way here.....especially when they often have the first day for that 1 hour be a Fri......and very often then there is labor day on Mon so the first day of school is Tuesday, really. And many years the last day where they go for 1 hour has been on a Monday. Anyway if someone does get hurt, the one snow day might not make any difference if someone is hospitalized and if someone dies, well, they sure are not gonna care if the school day gets extended one more day. Makes sense to me if the road authorities say "Do not be on roads unless necessary" that tells me, there should then be a snow day at school. Even tho I do ackowledge it does complicate things. I also never understood the school in session but no busses due to weather? I am glad our school does not do THAT. If the weather is that bad the busses cannot run, why would they send kids out walking in it? What if a car slides off the road and hits them? And not all families have a car to drive their kids. I also do not understand them letting the kids start late instead of haveing a ssnow day- our school also never does this. Seems to me by the time they get word out for late start, most people are already on their way, and wouldn't that still mess up the hours required for being in school? DO kids and teachers etc have to make THAT time up, too? I have also wondered if they should just call them "emergency days" LOL. Our school does not call a day even if the temp is 35 below zero. I worry about walkers in that kind of weather. And that temp is hard on cars, too. AND our school does not call a day even when it is over 100 even with high humidity- even tho our HS is 4 stories, brick and non air conditioned, even tho last time at least 30 kids at the HS got heat exhaustion at school. Why? Becuz the days are "snow" days. ANd one day last school year it was televised ahead of time that the next day was high risk for tornados......and yes, tornados came thru right at the time to let kids out of school....and the elem kids did not get released becuz of the tornados, for a few hours----but the middle school had already let kids go------wondering if that happened again, would it maybe be better to call off school so the kids are not all stuck in those older buildings if a tornado did hit? I do not know, I am not sure, but I do wonder. And if the kids are in the emergency procedure they follow FOR severe wetaher- well- seems to me they are not "learning academics" then, anyway? Some of it confuses me, but I know it is so complicated, but, some of it seems so basic to me. Safety first. Not only does that hopefully keep people safe but it also teaches the kids by example-----kinda like in science lab- safety first. "See we practice what we say- safety first." Bad roads, dangerous weather- STAY HOME! I always thought I would be a mess if bad weather hit and I had kids at 3 different school buildings scattered around town. I suppose it is not easy makeing everyone happy. But I sure am glad my school did call a snow day yesterday. :-) [/QUOTE]
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