Anonymous
Post 01/27/2021 06:52     Subject: How many snow days next week?
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.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2021 06:45     Subject: How many snow days next week?
Anonymous wrote:Noooo


Yessssssssssss!
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2021 06:42     Subject: How many snow days next week?
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.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2021 06:16     Subject: How many snow days next week?
Noooo
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2021 06:12     Subject: How many snow days next week?
Anonymous wrote:My euro model says more like 6-8 inches. And that is predicting days out and I feel like their numbers start high and even when right, the numbers roll back to be more in line with our usual amounts.


We all know now the models work. They’re all 3 going to change every single run and only about 30 hours out will they start to converge and show us what we will actually get. Nobody is going to know until Friday night or Saturday morning what’s really going to be probable.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2021 06:11     Subject: How many snow days next week?
My euro model says more like 6-8 inches. And that is predicting days out and I feel like their numbers start high and even when right, the numbers roll back to be more in line with our usual amounts.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2021 06:04     Subject: How many snow days next week?
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.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2021 06:00     Subject: How many snow days next week?
Why are there snow days when you are DL? Or, am I asking a dumb question? I live in another state.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2021 05:26     Subject: How many snow days next week?
Obviously we don’t know. Some models have like 25-30 inches. If that’s the case, itlll be exactly like 2016 and we will be out all week with, best case, a 2 hour delay on Friday (which is the honest to God worst schedule of all time - just call it or send us the whole day but please no 2 hour delay).

If it fizzes and is a 4-8-10 inches, then Tuesday will be a snow day and W/Th/F will go on.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2021 04:51     Subject: Re:How many snow days next week?
I had no idea we were supposed to get any snow after yesterday’s flop.


These reports just made me ecstatic. I hope we get schools closed Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Have a Friday chillin session. And then back to 3 day weekend. And just like that we’re in the second week of February. Summer getting close and Spring Break closer!!!


Let’s gooOooOoOoOoOo!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2021 04:50     Subject: How many snow days next week?
Anonymous wrote:Well they didn't cancel today so there's that.


Did we get 2 feet of snow today? Right.

Not too bright up there I see
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2021 01:34     Subject: Re:How many snow days next week?
None
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2021 01:25     Subject: How many snow days next week?
off all week.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2021 01:16     Subject: How many snow days next week?
Well they didn't cancel today so there's that.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2021 01:15     Subject: How many snow days next week?
Euro model, the most accurate one, predicts anywhere between 25-40” between Sunday and Tuesday.


Safe to assume no school Tuesday, Wednesday, and maybe Thursday?