Posted on 11/11/2014 5:04:25 PM PST by Olog-hai
She’s no Grinch about it, but Lynn Grewing is the principal who stole snow days.
The early arrival of wintry weather in the Midwest this week gave Grewing an opening to test out a virtual class day at St. Cloud Cathedral high school in central Minnesota, having students whip out laptops or iPads and work from home. After a successful test run, Grewing declared Tuesday that students’ cherished snow days are a thing of the past—at least at Cathedral. […]
Private schools like Cathedral—and, increasingly, some public school districts—across the nation are starting to use the flexibility technology provides to work around weather, meeting school mandates without make-up days. …
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I remember the snowdays of the late 1970’s, sledding for a while and then going inside for hot chocolate as we listened to endless hours of Steve Martin and Cheech & Chong LP’s/8-Tracks. B-) I also remember the anticipation the night before listening to the 6, 7 or 8 transistor AM radio in the hopes of hearing that your school is closed. Shames today’s kids might not have that experience.
Thank you Ms. Grewing. I will be bringing your brilliant example to the attention of our local school board at the earliest opportunity.
Needless to say we need more people like you.
I remember listening to the radio desperately hoping that my school’s name would be spoken. It frequently was which was fortunate because I wasn’t sure I could find the school in the blizzards in WI.
Cheers would go up when Hickory Grove Elementary was heard, the hot chocolate would come out and we would have a fun day.
I liked them as well. However, on the plus side, homeschooled children usually don’t work more than 5 or 6 hours a day.
Five or six hours a day school work for a homeschooler?
I dare say that is at least one more hour if not more than a student in public school would actually work!
Kids in NE PA would be quite disappointed. Whenever school is canceled in that area due to snow, the kids all head to the ski slopes at the earliest light.
Why go to public school if you can’t have snow days? I mean, if you are going to do schoolwork from home, HOMESCHOOL.
Me to during snow storms... I listened on WTIC radio to hear if Sunset Ridge in East Hartford would be closed. If it was, sledding or skiing at Sunset Ridge or Wickham Park. I also snowmobiled at Christiansen’s Farm. That is after I snowblowed the sidewalk and driveway.
Don’t laugh too much, I read an article about a week ago that stated that as some school districts/states look for funding cuts in the not-too-distant future that school buildings may become a thing of the past as well - electronic model going forward.
I remember walking to junior high wearing my baseball cleats after the Blizzard of ‘96 here in Brooklyn. School was closed for one day, and the total snowfall was taller than I was.
But, that’s New York for you. Kids literally can’t walk to school because the snow is too tall, but schools remain open.
And the scores show the difference. When you include travel time for many students, that is probably two hours less a day than what p.s. Students do.
I remember when I was in high school in Charleston, SC, there was a 1/2” snow storm, snow of the decade they called it. School was cancelled for the day and by noon all the snow was gone.
No school buildings, no public schools. You don’t need all those administrators and teachers, just home school your kid on your own with your chosen curriculum. I can see it coming.
The article mentioned a public school in NJ that tried it last year; however, the article didn’t mention that the state came in and told the district that it would not be counted as a school day.
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