How many snow days next week?

Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:Why are there snow days when you are DL? Or, am I asking a dumb question? I live in another state.


It’s not a dumb question. First of all, nutrition and custodial staff and admin have to report to the building if it’s a school day. Bus drivers have to be out delivering meals if it’s a school day. If those would be compromised due to travel conditions, calling a snow day means they do not have to report.

For the kids, snow days are fun. Distance learning is hard and tedious. The days are built into the calendar whether we use them or not, so using them allows kids to take a break and play and enjoy snow. As a teacher, I don’t do “nothing,” those days are super productive for me because I can do all the other stuff there is usually little time for: planning, grading, pulling data for students with interventions, making parent contact.


Are they still built into the calendar even though we took two weeks off at the start of the year? And I’m not even going to talk about Mondays because I know they count as school days for some totally cockamamie reason.


Yes they are. The 2 weeks students weren’t in, staff were, and Mondays are counted as school days because students have morning meetings, intervention/small group, meeting with teachers for office hours and are expected to complete any work from the week before and submit it.


LOL
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why are there snow days when you are DL? Or, am I asking a dumb question? I live in another state.


It’s not a dumb question. First of all, nutrition and custodial staff and admin have to report to the building if it’s a school day. Bus drivers have to be out delivering meals if it’s a school day. If those would be compromised due to travel conditions, calling a snow day means they do not have to report.

For the kids, snow days are fun. Distance learning is hard and tedious. The days are built into the calendar whether we use them or not, so using them allows kids to take a break and play and enjoy snow. As a teacher, I don’t do “nothing,” those days are super productive for me because I can do all the other stuff there is usually little time for: planning, grading, pulling data for students with interventions, making parent contact.


Are they still built into the calendar even though we took two weeks off at the start of the year? And I’m not even going to talk about Mondays because I know they count as school days for some totally cockamamie reason.


Yes they are. The 2 weeks students weren’t in, staff were, and Mondays are counted as school days because students have morning meetings, intervention/small group, meeting with teachers for office hours and are expected to complete any work from the week before and submit it.


LOL


Parents like to b*tch but them counting Mondays is a good thing because your kids get credit and seat hours without enduring YET ANOTHER full day online and they get a chance to catch up on work and teachers get at least a couple hours between other meetings and groups to plan something which would be impossible if it was all day online 5 days a week.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why are there snow days when you are DL? Or, am I asking a dumb question? I live in another state.


It’s not a dumb question. First of all, nutrition and custodial staff and admin have to report to the building if it’s a school day. Bus drivers have to be out delivering meals if it’s a school day. If those would be compromised due to travel conditions, calling a snow day means they do not have to report.

For the kids, snow days are fun. Distance learning is hard and tedious. The days are built into the calendar whether we use them or not, so using them allows kids to take a break and play and enjoy snow. As a teacher, I don’t do “nothing,” those days are super productive for me because I can do all the other stuff there is usually little time for: planning, grading, pulling data for students with interventions, making parent contact.


Are they still built into the calendar even though we took two weeks off at the start of the year? And I’m not even going to talk about Mondays because I know they count as school days for some totally cockamamie reason.


Yes they are. The 2 weeks students weren’t in, staff were, and Mondays are counted as school days because students have morning meetings, intervention/small group, meeting with teachers for office hours and are expected to complete any work from the week before and submit it.


LOL


You're right, we should be THANKING Gatehouse for eliminating 20% of the school year.

Parents like to b*tch but them counting Mondays is a good thing because your kids get credit and seat hours without enduring YET ANOTHER full day online and they get a chance to catch up on work and teachers get at least a couple hours between other meetings and groups to plan something which would be impossible if it was all day online 5 days a week.
Anonymous
You would complain they weren’t learning anything on Monday anyway
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why are there snow days when you are DL? Or, am I asking a dumb question? I live in another state.


It’s not a dumb question. First of all, nutrition and custodial staff and admin have to report to the building if it’s a school day. Bus drivers have to be out delivering meals if it’s a school day. If those would be compromised due to travel conditions, calling a snow day means they do not have to report.

For the kids, snow days are fun. Distance learning is hard and tedious. The days are built into the calendar whether we use them or not, so using them allows kids to take a break and play and enjoy snow. As a teacher, I don’t do “nothing,” those days are super productive for me because I can do all the other stuff there is usually little time for: planning, grading, pulling data for students with interventions, making parent contact.


Are they still built into the calendar even though we took two weeks off at the start of the year? And I’m not even going to talk about Mondays because I know they count as school days for some totally cockamamie reason.


Yes they are. The 2 weeks students weren’t in, staff were, and Mondays are counted as school days because students have morning meetings, intervention/small group, meeting with teachers for office hours and are expected to complete any work from the week before and submit it.


LOL


Parents like to b*tch but them counting Mondays is a good thing because your kids get credit and seat hours without enduring YET ANOTHER full day online and they get a chance to catch up on work and teachers get at least a couple hours between other meetings and groups to plan something which would be impossible if it was all day online 5 days a week.


You're right, we should be THANKING Gatehouse for eliminating 20% of the school year.
Anonymous
What school system is this thread about? Please say that from the beginning.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:What school system is this thread about? Please say that from the beginning.


Seriously. It sounds awful.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:What school system is this thread about? Please say that from the beginning.


It’s a general topic of conversation related to speculation about snow days. Anyone can chime in.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why are there snow days when you are DL? Or, am I asking a dumb question? I live in another state.


It’s not a dumb question. First of all, nutrition and custodial staff and admin have to report to the building if it’s a school day. Bus drivers have to be out delivering meals if it’s a school day. If those would be compromised due to travel conditions, calling a snow day means they do not have to report.

For the kids, snow days are fun. Distance learning is hard and tedious. The days are built into the calendar whether we use them or not, so using them allows kids to take a break and play and enjoy snow. As a teacher, I don’t do “nothing,” those days are super productive for me because I can do all the other stuff there is usually little time for: planning, grading, pulling data for students with interventions, making parent contact.


Are they still built into the calendar even though we took two weeks off at the start of the year? And I’m not even going to talk about Mondays because I know they count as school days for some totally cockamamie reason.


Yes they are. The 2 weeks students weren’t in, staff were, and Mondays are counted as school days because students have morning meetings, intervention/small group, meeting with teachers for office hours and are expected to complete any work from the week before and submit it.


LOL


Mondays are nothing for me ES student, but they are intense for my middle schooler. She is working on assignments all day long, with the exception of the hour when she speaks to teachers for office hours.
Anonymous
Why would there be snow days? It’s supposed to be a little snow on Sunday, switching to rain on Monday and going above freezing every day. Non-issue.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:What school system is this thread about? Please say that from the beginning.


The snow will impact the entire region, not one school system. This isn’t like RTS which might vary. Snow is snow.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Why would there be snow days? It’s supposed to be a little snow on Sunday, switching to rain on Monday and going above freezing every day. Non-issue.


Same. I don’t see any serious threats of snow in the near future.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why would there be snow days? It’s supposed to be a little snow on Sunday, switching to rain on Monday and going above freezing every day. Non-issue.


Same. I don’t see any serious threats of snow in the near future.


One of the models has 28"+ for the region.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why would there be snow days? It’s supposed to be a little snow on Sunday, switching to rain on Monday and going above freezing every day. Non-issue.


Same. I don’t see any serious threats of snow in the near future.


Oh ok Jim cantore has spoken. Somehow knows the weather 6 days from now even though it’s an unpredictable storm event that can shift a lot. Thank you oracle.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why would there be snow days? It’s supposed to be a little snow on Sunday, switching to rain on Monday and going above freezing every day. Non-issue.


Same. I don’t see any serious threats of snow in the near future.


One of the models has 28"+ for the region.


Yeah but random DCUM person says they don’t see it.
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