I live in Michigan, and we get heavy snow and ice all of the time, and our city is facing financial problems, so they aren't salting the roads anymore, resulting in more accidents.
My school is absolutely terrible with snow days. Just this Monday, there was snow, ice and coldness to the point where 90% of the schools in our area closed. Ours, being the "better" school that "doesn't let some snow get in the way of education," remained open. Almost 25% of the school was absent because the horrible weather conditions made it too unsafe for people who had to walk or drive long a distance. There were even many teachers that weren't there, and many of them that were there said we should have had a snow day.
So, most of my classes either involved sitting around and doing nothing, reviewing stuff, or doing substitute teacher busy work. Such a productive, educational day, right?
My school is absolutely terrible with snow days. Just this Monday, there was snow, ice and coldness to the point where 90% of the schools in our area closed. Ours, being the "better" school that "doesn't let some snow get in the way of education," remained open. Almost 25% of the school was absent because the horrible weather conditions made it too unsafe for people who had to walk or drive long a distance. There were even many teachers that weren't there, and many of them that were there said we should have had a snow day.
So, most of my classes either involved sitting around and doing nothing, reviewing stuff, or doing substitute teacher busy work. Such a productive, educational day, right?