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How can you have a hazardous travel advisory and keep the schools open, and count absences against the kids. What can possibly motivate this woman to keep the schools open. We have snow days in reserve at least one more). Would this not be the perfect time to use it.
It would be nearly impossible to count the number of days with hazardous travel advisories that schools have been open in the last 15 years.It's been going on since long before she was Chancellor.
A hazardous travel advisory does not mean you close the world down,it means you exercise caution as you go about your day.
It would be nearly impossible to count the number of days with hazardous travel advisories that schools have been open in the last 15 years.It's been going on since long before she was Chancellor.
A hazardous travel advisory does not mean you close the world down,it means you exercise caution as you go about your day.
and how many young children do you have in the system ? If the answer is none you do not get a vote.
If you do not teach kids to overcome small challenges like a snowstorm at this young age, how do you think they will react to other small challenges as adults? My mother made sure I never missed a day of school no matter what.
As I noted in other thread, I went to nyc public schools. nyc RARELY ever closes. I believe the reasoning for that is because about feeding the kids. If its dangerous, don't go. I remember schools merging 4 classrooms into one class....we still got about 12-15 kids in a class including myself.
A better part of nyc is easily commutable to school...meaning its walkable to school. I walked a lot to school myself.
As I noted in other thread, I went to nyc public schools. nyc RARELY ever closes. I believe the reasoning for that is because about feeding the kids. If its dangerous, don't go. I remember schools merging 4 classrooms into one class....we still got about 12-15 kids in a class including myself.
A better part of nyc is easily commutable to school...meaning its walkable to school. I walked a lot to school myself.
Parents are overprotective these days. It's just snow! I remember the old days when I had to walk to school from Sheepshead Bay to Midwood in a snowstorm, that was an hour long walk! But I made it to school nevertheless.
Parents are overprotective these days. It's just snow! I remember the old days when I had to walk to school from Sheepshead Bay to Midwood in a snowstorm, that was an hour long walk! But I made it to school nevertheless.
yeah in middle school, I walked 3 miles to school. Luckily elementary and high school was closer...about 10 min walk. I even made the most of snow days with classmates with snowball fights & rolling around the snow
If it wasn't for chicken pox incident, I am pretty close to near perfect attendance for 12+ years in nyc public schools!!!
Yes, i too remember going to school in all kinds of nasty weather. But, and there is a but here, the teachers used to show up as well. I did bring my kids to school today, then we were told to take them to the auditorium or the cafeteria, where they will spend most of the day drawing or watching a movie. So what is the point? My kids overcame adversity and came in, but the teachers, who live in Long Island, Staten Island and NJ do not. The chancellor knows this. If its not about learning, then what is the point in keeping the schools open and endangering everyone.
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Yellow buses anyone?
