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.