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Time for a Paperwhite...
Yeah, it is cold here but not that cold. Then again, snow from Tuesday has kept the schools in the area closed. Again.
To clarify, kids in my area have missed:
1 day of school for a predicted snowstorm that did little to nothing. It snowed and melted in the same day
2 days of school because it was too cold to have them wait at the bus stop. No ice, no freezing fuel, just too cold at the bus stop. Never mind that the parents who wait with them have cars and people could wait in cars. With heat.
3 days of school over a 5 inch snow fall that started sticking at 2 in the afternoon and the primary roads where clear and the secondary roads were treated the day after. But it is really cold so we don't want kids waiting at the bus stop.
So 6 days of missed school for really no reason.
You know, it makes me feel old, but when I was a kid we rarely used all of our snow days in a given year. And it got cold and it snowed and we sucked it up, wore our coats, gloves, and hats and stood at the bus stop and went to school. I have no idea what is happening now, maybe the schools are afraid of law suits but this is freaking ridiculous. And I doubt that the teachers and students are going to be happy come the summer when they have to make all of this time up.
I am going to be really annoyed if the have school tomorrow because a one day school week? Really? Just cancel it please.
And there is another storm predicted for Sunday. Which probably means school will be closed on Monday.
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