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Students in Concord and throughout much of the state are getting the day off today in anticipation of the coming snow storm..
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The National Weather Service says the snow will develop from southwest this morning before getting heavier in time for the evening commute. Parts of southern New Hampshire and could see 6 inches or more of snow.
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...is that if you called it after a half a day, those people who sent their children to school may have have gone into work as most do in inclement weather conditions. If you notice, the daycares were also closed. When early released is called, not all parents of elementary and middle school students are notified timely and can get back home to collect their children at their bus stop and one certainly can't leave them to fend for themselves. It is at that point a superintendent has to weigh in all of the factors, and in this case, while I'm pretty annoyed, the best solution was to keep them home and then the parents would simply have to either stay home, or go to a plan b. While high school students are always let out first, and then middle and lastly elementary, not all elementary students have an older sibling to pick them up. If you do not have an attendance problem, then having to stay home with your kids (which can be fun) should be considered a treat rather than a hassle. Even if you do lose a day's pay, make the best of it.
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...is that if you called it after a half a day, those people who sent their children to school may have have gone into work as most do in inclement weather conditions. If you notice, the daycares were also closed. When early released is called, not all parents of elementary and middle school students are notified timely and can get back home to collect their children at their bus stop and one certainly can't leave them to fend for themselves. It is at that point a superintendent has to weigh in all of the factors, and in this case, while I'm pretty annoyed, the best solution was to keep them home and then the parents would simply have to either stay home, or go to a plan b. While high school students are always let out first, and then middle and lastly elementary, not all elementary students have an older sibling to pick them up. If you do not have an attendance problem, then having to stay home with your kids (which can be fun) should be considered a treat rather than a hassle. Even if you do lose a day's pay, make the best of it.
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I would much rather be safe than sorry.
There were times in the past when school should have been cancelled and it wasn't.
People were all up in arms then.
I would much rather make up a day in the warm months, than risk an accident because of something foolish.
The schools can't win. You complain when they don't and then when they do.
Perhaps you should focus on something more important than a snow day.
So many other things could use your attention.
Just remember, the weathermen were right on with all the previous forecasts of bad weather this year- just look at the weather down south.
They botched this one, but so what?
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Ha Ha Ha face it, the school system is falling behind in taking days off this year so they will now start using them up every time snow is forecasted. Lets see, when we parents were all kids did they call off school every time it was forecasted to "start" snowing hard by noon. Why did they not get 1/2 day in and get the credit, now they will chew into the days accounted for the year when they might really be needed later. All the parents that stay home all day are fine, the ones that lose money aren't to happy.
Now that it will "actually" snow tonight, when there will be snow to see and on the road, I will bet that Weds will be another snow day.
Ah.... the bliss of teaching our future society (kids) to always take the easy road... set back and wait for perfect conditions to go out unto the world. Possibly all the superintendents that cancelled school hours before a flake was even forecasted to fly could get a trophy.
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got a call at 5:30 am from an automated Chris Rath that schoo was closed...her it is 2:30 with just a dusting and a days work missed...thanks.
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We got the call at 5:20 ... ah, to have that extra 10 minutes of sleep...
Meanwhile, I bet there's a 2 hour delay tomorrow.
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people are human. the superintendents that called school have the kids best interest at heart, and concern for poor travel at the end of the day was the prime motivator. I have no problem with caution, especially given the few snow days called so far this year. this is after all, not the first time school has been closed in anticipation of snow, nor is it the first time a weather report wasn't spot on. we all do the best with what we got, and sometimes we're wrong. i'm sure it was an inconvenience for many working parents, but then, no one has kids for the convenience, right?
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Erring on the side of caution. Well, they still could have done that AND had school. If they had an announced early release then it would have been fine. In my opinion, they don't use them enough. When I was in middle and high school (not too long ago but still a while) we used to have early release days for snow. Now it seems to be an all or nothing call and it shouldn't be.
Yes, the forcast was wrong, that's when it behoves the SAU superintendent to start looking at radar and make a decision. This type of a decision is also an economic one too as you have parents that now have to decide as to if they will go in to work.
Yes, hind sight is 20/20, but with access to a computer and either weather.com or wmur.com and looking at the charts, even a lay weatherman could see that the storm was stalling and losing structure as it approached NH. WMUR's own projections had changed to the snow not arriving in the Concord area (in ernest) until around 2:00PM. Well, here I sit at around 2:20 PM and we've had maybe one squal.
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I have kids. I teach my children not to fear snow but to respect it. Its not even a storming right now. its Just snowing. Its a fact of life here. The roads are safe.
I realize they have to make a call but looking that the predictions myself it seemed like half day weather NOT cancel school weather. Maybe they were given bad data to make the decision.
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I also understand the safety arguement, but this is ridiculous. The kids could have easily of gone to school today. What's next, we call off school because of rain? The roads are slippery when wet you know.
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That's a much more dangerous prospect for a school bus driver than driving on a few inches of snow, anyday. I realize this would be compounded during snow, but this non-stop danger happens EVERY school day, twice a day.
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Its just started snowing.. and its 1pm. its not even bad at all out there. Isn't this what early release is for?
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12:30 and no snow in the Lakes Region...Not one flake to be seen falling from the sky. WMUR is all over the board. Last night it was 8-12". This morning it was 5-8" and now at noon they're saying 2-5" (Lakes Region).
Every school cancelled today could have had a half day. 70% of those could have had a full day. I understand the safety argument, but this is beyond sensible reason.
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There wasn't ANY reason for ANY school to cancel today. WMUR's predictions were changing like the wind. As I said before, any lay-weatherman could tell this storm wasn't going to be all it was made out to be.
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Maybe they should just call school off for the entire winter!
It might snow!
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ha, ha, ha. Nice one!
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I can't believe that they didn't even do half a day. At least they wouldn't have had to make it up. The roads are still perfectly clear, it's barely spitting snow and it's 11:30 AM. Outrageous.
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Just because there have been no bus accidents that YOU can recall do to snow, doesn't mean there won't ever be! Let's all live our lives according to the gospel of "it hasn't happened yet, so it won't happen ever!" My daughter has never had a cavity, so I guess she doesn't need to brush her teeth anymore! Whew, that will save some money in dental insurance!
Have you even considered the liability factor? If a bus did crash in snow the school would be held liable and probably get sued(considering this day and age) because they neglected to close or close early. Better safe than sorry, I say. And, most schools did just do an early release, which if you had read the closings you would have noticed. Me? I'm off to cancel my auto insurance because I haven't had an accident in ten years which means I probably never will.
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Students aren't forced to ride the bus. It's an option. In the meantime, have fun proving it wasn't the fault of the driver who is usually contracted out by another company. If a parent feels the school made the bad call in keeping school open in a few inches of snow, they ultimately can drive their kids to school, find someone who will, or keep them home for the day "sick."
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That's exactly right, I seem to remember when I was in school (not that long ago, at least to me) they used to send home a letter saying that they tried to use the best info available to them in calling off school but if a parent felt it wasn't safe to use their discretion and the child would not be punished for missing the day. As many other posters stated we usually only had 4-5 snow days a year as they utilized early release a lot more (If they served lunch it was considered a full day) hence why we didn't need to go to school until the last week in June and didn't start until after labor day.
On a side note after thinking about what I just wrote and my conversations with my children today I realize that I have turned into my father with the "when I was your age speech" only I wasn't barefoot walking uphill.
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cry on baby cry and go sue someone. Are you so stupid that you don't know that school districts have insurance and can't be sued for a bus accident. Wake up! You missed the whole point of my post.......there was ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO CANCEL schools today. We have lived and will continue to live in New England where everyone should expect snow and be prepared to get around in it and live with it.
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What a waste. The snow isn't even supposed to start falling heavily until between 12 and 7 PM. School gets out between 2:30 and 3:30 usually. At that point in time we would be LUCKY to have maybe 2 to 3 inches, certainly something that all school bus drivers should be able to drive in! Or the schools could have had a 1/2 day and closed early like they have done in the past. What is going on here? How many bus accidents resulting in student injuries have there been in NH caused by snow? Honestly, I can't remember hearing about any and I'm sure something like this would make the news. This is New England. We NEED the snow. We will really be LUCKY if we get it. I am so sick of hearing people around me complain about snow!!!!! Move on snow haters, move on, to some place where you don't have to worry about it. Me, I'll stay right here and continue to do my snowdance. And yes, I am a mother of two who attended school when we had snow on a regular basis.
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10 miles uphill both ways barefoot in the snow...
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I for one appreciate the fact that the school district is thinking ahead and taking the kids safety into account. It may not be snowing yet but by the time these kids would be heading home the roads might be pretty nasty for the buses and the sidewalks might not be much better for the ones who walk to school. I'm down here in PA and last Tuesday night at 5pm my sons school closed in anticipation of the snow that was coming and it's a good thing they did because it was a mess. Enjoy the day off kids!
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I think it has more to do with the concerns of bus drivers out there from 230-430 with loads of children in a bus that has no seat belts at the peak of the storm. Consider if it was your child that had to be driven home on the bus with 6 or 7 inches of snow on the roads? Would you feel okay with that? I wouldn't. You also have to think that, sure main roads might be fine- but this is NH where rural routes are more common.
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Here it is 2:00 and I can just barely see snowflakes coming down. Must be terrible driving in this.
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pfffft, my thoughts exactly. Is this New England or is it Washington D.C.?
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More confirmation of NH going soft and the Academic/ Union stranglehold..."closing in anticipation of snow"...give me a break....and these kids are going to be the leaders of Tommorrow?
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