Kids don't get snow days anymore. They get to do "E-learning" at home.

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Naysaspace
01/12/2024
10:30 AM
#1
Hearing this out of Chicago this morning. I imagine it is going on elsewhere. And yes, attendance does matter, even though i doubt you'll see 100% show up.
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TheGoldenEel
01/12/2024
10:31 AM
#2
My citys school district has real snow days built into the schedule, and we had two of them this week
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theAteam
01/12/2024
10:32 AM
#3
I only saw one district specify virtual learning on the little closure scrawl during the news this morning. I assume the others aren't doing it.

Also funny that the state university closed classes today but a few of the schools stayed open.
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Naysaspace
01/12/2024
10:33 AM
#4
When i grew up we wouldn't get snow days (Because in Canada it's just a fact of life), but we would get days where the yellow busses "weren't running" which means attendance strikes on students who couldn't make it. IE me. Then we'd need to get our parents to write in to say that the busses didn't run, because apparently the bus company's word wasn't good enough / other kids on a route would get rides.

In public school we'd get maybe 1 a year, but in highschool, never.
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littlebro07
01/12/2024
10:37 AM
#5
And if you're a kid whose parents can't afford good internet, get fucked
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NeonTentacles
01/12/2024
10:37 AM
#6
Fuck them. They dont deserve it lol
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TyVulpine
01/12/2024
10:38 AM
#7
Our school system had 5 snow days built into the schedule back when I was in school (1982-1995). I don't recall any year where we'd use all 5, except 1993 when we used 10 (they extended the school day by 30 minutes after Spring Break plus one additional day to make up the 5 lost days). One year, we didn't use any (had a record-tying trace amount of snow for the entire season).
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FaceThePain
01/12/2024
10:39 AM
#9
Naysaspace posted...
When i grew up we wouldn't get snow days (Because in Canada it's just a fact of life), but we would get days where the yellow busses "weren't running" which means attendance strikes on students who couldn't make it. IE me. Then we'd need to get our parents to write in to say that the busses didn't run, because apparently the bus company's word wasn't good enough / other kids on a route would get rides.

In public school we'd get maybe 1 a year, but in highschool, never.
I also lived in Canada, and we'd get snow days all the time. Probably 5-10 in a school year. That was about 15years ago
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RetuenOfDevsman
01/12/2024
10:39 AM
#10
So are you complaining that summer break is longer or what
BalanceLost
01/12/2024
10:39 AM
#11
Snow days are not a thing in Sweden cuz Winter is a natural recurring phenomenon.
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Naysaspace
01/12/2024
10:40 AM
#12
FaceThePain posted...
I also lived in Canada, and we'd get snow days all the time. Probably 5-10 in a school year. That was about 15years ago
it depends on the school board. 5-10 a year is INSANE.

i wonder if my town has a snow day today. (That would be nearly -50 in USA)

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ablegator
01/12/2024
10:40 AM
#13
I teach in Chicago. We have a snow day and dont have virtual learning. I taught at a different school last year and they had snow days as well.
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Were_Wyrm
01/12/2024
10:41 AM
#14
My kids school has 5 snow days built into the scheduling. If they need to use more than 5 then they'll either do online classes or extend the end of the year.
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Stagmar
01/12/2024
11:54 AM
#15
As a Canadian, snow days were something you only heard about Americans getting. We had to go to school no matter how cold or how much snow.
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PMarth2002
01/12/2024
11:57 AM
#16
*shrug* I grew up in florida, I never had any snow days.
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FolkenRawr
01/12/2024
11:58 AM
#17
So my niece goes to a Catholic high school in Chicago. She's on a snow day right now. Not an e-learn day. A day off.
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s0nicfan
01/12/2024
11:58 AM
#18
I think the push for replacing snow days with virtual learning effectively died over covid when everyone realized that virtual learning is practically useless.
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bsp77
01/12/2024
11:59 AM
#19
My kids get real snow days occasionally. MN
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BlazinBlue88
01/12/2024
12:02 PM
#20
My BIL and wife(teacher) got out two hours early the other day because of rain. If we ever get snow again, I'm sure they'll have a snow day.
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DarthDemented
01/12/2024
12:03 PM
#21
My kid did today. And Tuesday as well. I'm pretty sure the next snow day with be an AMI day.
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1337toothbrush
01/12/2024
12:18 PM
#22
I assumed ever since covid made remote learning a regular thing that snow days have been replaced with remote learning days. Either way, I bet schooling is even worse than back in my day.
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rexcrk
01/12/2024
12:20 PM
#23
Id have been fine with that tbh. I loved snow days because I didnt physically have to be at school. Would not have minded doing schoolwork online.

I haaaaated delayed openings though.
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