I think you're overexplaining a single snow day that was called when it was anticipated we'd be getting 6-10 inches overnight less than 12 hours prior to the start of the school day.

 

That's also quite the grand conspiracy to pull in so many different principals and superintendents.

If we had this many snow days in the 20s & 30s, I guarantee we would have lost World War II.

 

In the 20's/30's, I doubt school EVER closed, regardless of weather.

Yes, if only something like the Internet, or 24/7 news organizations existed to spread the word last minute in a very quick, efficient manner.

 

Oh, wait...son of a b****, would you look at that, we actually DO have those technologies. Maybe we should actually use them instead of talking about using them and pre-canceling s*** like it takes 30 years for word to travel about school closings. Hell, even back in the 80's, we waited until THAT morning to see if school was closed.

 

Excuses.

 

Uh, it's not about how quick the information could be disseminated, it's about how quickly parents could make plans for childcare.

 

Why is a snow day called based on reasonable weather forecasts the night before causing you to flip your s*** so much?

 

edit: and I still think ISATs could be the main factor here. Testing at my wife's school starts at 8AM sharp. Late and absent students have to make up the exams separately within the next week or two. If you're reasonably anticipating a significant percentage of your student body to be absent and/or late based on weather conditions, why not cancel it and save all of the unnecessary rescheduling headaches?

Edited March 5, 201313 yr by StrangeSox

I think you're overexplaining a single snow day that was called when it was anticipated we'd be getting 6-10 inches overnight less than 12 hours prior to the start of the school day.

 

That's also quite the grand conspiracy to pull in so many different principals and superintendents.

 

It's not a single snow day, that's the problem.

 

Weren't they already on strike for a few weeks early this year?

 

Maybe they'll be in school until August this year! That should be a great way to learn em'!

Not really, I actually got a good education. While, I admit, as a kid I would have loved for school to be canceled every day, or every time a few inches of snow fell, as an adult I realize that I'm better off that it wasn't. Also, when I was a kid, being that in the early 80's, we didn't have front wheel drive, or snow plows going down every city street all hours of the day/night, either. Yet somehow we made it alive. Like I said, wussification.

 

Go buy yourself a trophy for being alive, not because you earned one.

You're better off as an adult because you didn't have an extra snow day or two as a 2nd grader? LMAO.

 

Alot of it is the child care issue. The are lot more dual income families now then "back then." The stay at home parent is not the norm anymore so there needs to be more planning otherwise they will all complain to the school about not being able to get childcare in time.

 

That being said cancelling school before the snow even starts is ridiculous. We found out at 6pm last night and snow did not start falling here until 8am. There still isn't much on the roads and the school day is about 1/2 over.

My main point is #1. Sometimes you are going to make a call and it won't turn up as bad as originally though. But it's better to have a sure-fire plan in place, let people have the time to figure it out, then push right up against a deadline of sorts. The blizzard 2 years ago...companies were closing down the day before just to be safe. You didn't know quite how ridiculous it would be when you woke up, but it was a lot easier to plan around it and just call everything off.

 

I gonna go with it mainly being about the ISAT testing and how bad that'd f*** the scheduling up compared to playing it safe for a day.

 

eta: when I went to bed last night, the snow was still anticipated to start around 3am and get worse throughout the morning. If you're reasonably anticipating have issues with late buses, absent children or getting everyone home without an early dismissal, it's much more convenient for everyone to call it the night before so arrangements can be made.

ISAT would make a lot of sense.

 

And yeah, it was supposed to snow overnight.

Uh, it's not about how quick the information could be disseminated, it's about how quickly parents could make plans for childcare.

 

Why is a snow day called based on reasonable weather forecasts the night before causing you to flip your s*** so much?

 

Ah yes, so canceling at 3am makes all the difference in the world!

 

I know I was up at 3am calling for babysitters.

 

Fail.

You're better off as an adult because you didn't have an extra snow day or two as a 2nd grader? LMAO.

 

Actually, yes.

 

You see, it's your exact mentality that's wrong. You laugh at what I said, honestly and seriously, makes you and people like you the exact problem our children face.

 

Keep making excuses in the future.

 

When that Chinese kid that WENT to school has your kids job, look back at the plethora of missed days they had over the years and keep on laughing.

 

 

I sincerely weep for the future created and enabled by people like yourself.

Edited March 5, 201313 yr by Y2HH

It's not a single snow day, that's the problem.

 

Weren't they already on strike for a few weeks early this year?

 

Maybe they'll be in school until August this year! That should be a great way to learn em'!

 

Who is "they?" CPS? They were on strike for, IIRC, a week and a couple of days. There are dozens of suburban districts that have closed today as well.

 

This is the first snow day my wife's school has called in the two years she's been there. I think you're projecting an awful lot onto this situation.

Why is a snow day called based on reasonable weather forecasts the night before causing you to flip your s*** so much?

Because he was a brave soul who drove on LSD during snow storm 2011. If he can do that, these kids should all be in school!

Because he was a brave soul who drove on LSD during snow storm 2011. If he can do that, these kids should all be in school!

 

Riiiight, because every school is on LSD.

 

Fail again.

Actually, yes.

 

You see, it's your exact mentality that's wrong. You laugh at what I said, honestly and seriously, makes you and people like you the exact problem our children face.

 

Keep making excuses in the future.

 

When that Chinese kid that WENT to school has your kids job, look back at the plethora of missed days they had over the years and keep on laughing.

 

 

I sincerely weep for the future created and enabled by people like yourself.

This is epic. You are a better adult for not having a snow day as a 2nd grader. Wow.

 

You realize they make the day up? They don't just cancel them?

 

One snow day is making America worthless! That's the problem!

Who is "they?" CPS? They were on strike for, IIRC, a week and a couple of days. There are dozens of suburban districts that have closed today as well.

 

This is the first snow day my wife's school has called in the two years she's been there. I think you're projecting an awful lot onto this situation.

 

Shut up, these fish are biting on the bait with reckless abandon.

 

Check out my trophy IlliniKrush whopper!

Ah yes, so canceling at 3am makes all the difference in the world!

 

I know I was up at 3am calling for babysitters.

 

Fail.

 

My wife's school canceled just before 11pm last night. Ptact's kids' school canceled at 6pm. I'm not sure who canceled at 3am, but I'd agree that, by that point, it wasn't looking necessary.

 

At 3am (or when you wake up at 5am for work) you could find out immediately and begin making plans for yourself or figuring out who you might be able to call. Better than waiting until 6:45am to see if your child's school was on the TV scroll or radio list like we used to do.

In the 20's/30's, I doubt school EVER closed, regardless of weather.

 

And that's why Hitler was defeated. Those extra days American kids spent in school gave them the strength and knowledge to defeat Nazi Germany and Japan. Today they would destroy us in a war.

Riiiight, because every school is on LSD.

 

Fail again.

No, just you were. Gotta be tough.

And that's why Hitler was defeated. Those extra days American kids spent in school gave them the strength and knowledge to defeat Nazi Germany and Japan. Today they would destroy us in a war.

 

Well, today, they probably would have invented the A-bomb a decade before us...so they probably would have.

No, just you were. Gotta be tough.

 

I have no idea what this even meant.

Euro-socialist Germany?? Ha!

so......It is snowing

so......It is snowing

 

I know, I canceled work in anticipation of this snowstorm 3 days ago. That's probably why I'm so bored.

I know, I canceled work in anticipation of this snowstorm 3 days ago. That's probably why I'm so bored.

 

you are the downfall of civilization

Maybe he is just friends with a lot of teachers on facebook who never stfu about getting a day off on a random Tuesday with bad weather vs realizing they jsut lost a sweet ass beautiful day in June?

 

God, those teachers never stfu.

I sense a slight bit of jealousy

As a teacher who had a snow day it's really not a big deal. The day is made up at the end and the day off will be nice. Without having to commute home in this. I was just kind of surprised by it.

 

Though my ACless classroom is going to suck that one extra day in June.

My wife is using her "day off" to grade papers.

 

edit: but she did laugh at the kids walking to school in front of our house today

Edited March 5, 201313 yr by StrangeSox