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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look, this was probably the wrong call today- they should have done a 2 hour delay and reassessed in the morning but APS isn’t an outlier here- everyone is closed- even FCC. This is a case where the forecast didn’t match what actually happened- which is part of meteorology…[/quote] Maybe you guys should just lynch the weatherman? [/quote] I’m not advocating for the lynching of anyone- this is a bad call and no one, Duran, teachers, meteorologists, no one deserves to be lynched- mistakes happen.[/quote] It wasn’t a bad call. It was the right call with the info they had at the time. [/quote] It was a bad call because it was made prematurely based on highly uncertain information.[/quote] In general, evening calls are way better. 5am is rough. And not sure how much the forecast had changed by then. Last night though they probably did know how many teachers short they’d be. It probably was a domino effect from neighboring districts. [/quote] Sure, neighboring counties have an effect, and they all made a mistake in this mad rush to an early call. They all made a mistake and should learn from it that while early calls make sense when there isn’t high degree of certainty in the forecast, they are a bad idea when the degree of certainty is low and there is a significant of no weather event warranting closures or delays. [/quote] They’re probably still gun shy after the bus accidents in morning rush hour snow storms. [/quote] Then they are not competent planners, because making the call at 5am vs. 5pm has nothing to do with that.[/quote] Their planning is just fine. :roll: Evening calls are better. They are risk adverse. They have staff shortages. The forecast looked bad for morning bus routes, even delayed start. [/quote] Evening calls are only better for lazy parents. [/quote] Or parents who have to secure childcare. [/quote] Any plan you can make the night before, you can make as a contingency plan the night before depending on conditions the next day. That’s what we did gif years before people started having the vapors about an early morning decision. But maybe we’re just more competent parents than you.[/quote] So then you shaft that babysitter? Or cancel your replacement at work after they already went in? Maybe it’s easier if you don’t work. [/quote] Using your logic, if you’re going to pay the babysitter either way, wouldn’t the babysitter prefer to get the money but not work? You’re out the e same amount either way but you’re not burdening other people with the closure.[/quote] So then parents are out the money? Or they’ve swapped shifts with a coworker unnecessarily and taken an unnecessary PTO? There are costs to contingency plans. Maybe it’s easier if you don’t work and/or are rich and have unlimited PTO. [/quote] There are also costa to unnecessary closures. I am working from home instead of going to the office today because I couldn’t get a sitter, which means I am missing important meetings and will have to work this weekend to make up the work that won’t get done today. So now I get to add another layer to existing pandemic-related burnout of not getting a day off this weekend, and will be paying for a sitter for part of the weekend so I can go to the office to do it.[/quote] The only ones that seem to not suffer any consequences to these bad calls are central office. Make them work. Take the snow days from teacher planning days. You’re home all day, you can plan then. Childcare problems? Tough crap, welcome to the rest of the world. I’ll bet you see fewer stupid calls going forward. [/quote] This is the point a lot of us are trying to make. When the people making the call to close (and the teachers calling out for lack of childcare who are hedging bets on a closure) get a paid day off, they are not going to weigh things the same as the rest of us who are going to be forced to eat more leave for work, or pay more money for snow day childcare, etc. And yes other industries like airlines etc. face staffing shortages, but I don’t think all those people are getting extra paid days off. They’re likely stretching their childcare/PTO like the rest of us plebeians.[/quote]
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