Does Distance Learning mean the end of "Snow Days"?

[Anonymous]

I mean, going forward, a three-inch dusting isn't going to be that big a deal. Teachers could break out the Zoom and carry on just as before. DL may mean the end of the snow day.

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

I seriously hope so.

[Anonymous]

Teacher here -- yes I think it does. As long as the kids have some kind of devices at home full time, that is.

[Anonymous]

Also, kids who are home for long term illnesses might have more options rather than just a home and hospital teacher visiting twice a week.

And kids who have been suspended could continue their education as well. (not that they will do the work)

And, summer school could happen without the need to pay for transportation. Or could be in the evening hours.

[Anonymous]

Hmm. I have a suspicion it will not because the teachers staying home will say it is unfair that their colleagues have a day off and they do not just because the others work in person. I bet all are off when they close.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmm. I have a suspicion it will not because the teachers staying home will say it is unfair that their colleagues have a day off and they do not just because the others work in person. I bet all are off when they close.

Yup. Sigh ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmm. I have a suspicion it will not because the teachers staying home will say it is unfair that their colleagues have a day off and they do not just because the others work in person. I bet all are off when they close.

By the time we get snow, we’ll ALL be teaching DL.

[Anonymous]

This would be awesome!

[Anonymous]

Of course it should be. And not just for this year but in general. If students now have devices at home for DL then they can do that during snow days in head 2021 and beyond. Teachers can make some asynchronous plans for snow day material ahead of time since they will know what curriculum will be taught in dec, Jan, feb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hmm. I have a suspicion it will not because the teachers staying home will say it is unfair that their colleagues have a day off and they do not just because the others work in person. I bet all are off when they close.

By the time we get snow, we’ll ALL be teaching DL.

I'm not the OP but I assumed they meant in general not just during this current pandemic time.

[Anonymous]

Apparently the reason our school was able to crank up the DL so quickly was because they had already used it on snow days. We were new this year, and of course there was no snow, but others told us that they teach right through snow days.

[Anonymous]

If there are somewhat widespread power/internet outages - probably not the end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here -- yes I think it does. As long as the kids have some kind of devices at home full time, that is.

But not all kids do, and the jurisdictions around here (for better or worse) won’t do anything if a small percentage of people can’t access it. Plus, ramping up on no notice is pretty difficult and a snow day “class” is going to be even more worthless than the regular distance learning.