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Not sure if this belongs in the Weather or Employment threads.
I work for a school district as a cafeteria cook. Yesterday (Tuesday), school was closed due to the temperature being below zero (with a wind chill factor of -10). We were informed Monday night. It's even colder today than it was yesterday, but we were informed school was opening with a two hour delay. That doesn't mean anything to the cafeteria cooks. Lunch is always served at the same time, so we always report at the regular time. We got in, got the food prepped and in the ovens and steamers...and, you guessed it...they now decide that SCHOOL'S CLOSED. Finish, clean up and go home, ladies. Well, we have a head start on tomorrow's lunch (which would have been today's lunch), but WHY COULDN'T THEY HAVE DECIDED SOONER ??!!!!!!
Most school districts have a policy stating when/how a decision is made to delay opening or close.
What time were you alerted that the school was going to close instead of open on a delay?
7:00 a.m. After we were there and had things cooking. We start at 6:00, or 6:30. It's no big deal, we were paid for the time we were there - but it would have been nice to stay home in bed and not have to go out! And now we have to chop a day off of Easter break to make it up.
I remember when I was in elementary and high school, this was a big problem for our area as well. We lived in a cold snowy area, but they wouldn't post snowdays till last minute all the time. It was pretty common for many kids who took early buses to have be shuttled right back home, and literally all the school employees showed up too before getting sent home.
I remember when I was in elementary and high school, this was a big problem for our area as well. We lived in a cold snowy area, but they wouldn't post snowdays till last minute all the time. It was pretty common for many kids who took early buses to have be shuttled right back home, and literally all the school employees showed up too before getting sent home.
I remember one time when we got to school, then sat on the bus while they were still deciding. This was after more than an hour's ride (normally 45 minutes).
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We only have snow events 2-3 times a year, but are in a very hilly area so things are a mess when it snows. Normally a call comes in by robo-dialer at 5:30am, with either a 1 or 2 hour delay, or closed. Conditions can change very quickly, since the district depends on local forecasts and looking out the window, with no one at every school to report the conditions. It's fairly common for it to change from a delay to closed. In most cases it's not a problem because most staff are local and will still not have left home, but for those that commute a long way they may have left already when the 2nd call comes. Even that's not a problem if they get the call on their cell and can turn around. With my wife working 15 years at the local school, they have never cancelled after people started to work except once, when the power went out.
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