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It also didn’t help much that I literally lived next door to my school
May 1, 2022 2:25 PM
5ywjdPumpkinPrincess
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It also didn’t help much that I literally lived next door to my school
ANALMUFFIN
Just vote republican and you'll see it everywhere
JLB36602
Guh, that slow crawl as they name all the schools, one of the worst things about going to Zedidiah High.
theAttendant
Schools close
CaptainHightower
Growing up in central Sweden, we usually didn't have snow days. Except once after a big snowstorm and people couldn't get out of their home.
parkerh17
We got snow days as a kid growing up but mostly bc our area rarely got snow so we weren't prepped to deal with it. In college I went>
parkerh17
Further south and snow days were non-existent bit Hurricane Days were fantastic.
robnorrisradio
Former Nebraska DJ here: I hated the CONSTANT calls from kids when it started snowing at night: "Is (X) School closed tomorrow?" (1/2)
robnorrisradio
We updated on the air 2x/hr and online, but the calls kept coming in! Kids, if you don't hear your school on our list, assume it's open!
doctorwut02
Or your dad wants to play Zaggles, the fun phonics ame
nerad137
When you hear the NEXT letter off the alphabet being called and you have to wait until it comes around again.
onlyjudycanjudgeme
As a former homeschooler: can’t relate ?
shortbutsquat
Believe me, teachers were praying just as hard as the kids.
BluLuna
I had a full week off once due to snow. Good time as a parapro. I miss that.
sunkenroad62
My dad was a teacher and I am now... this is 100% true.
OnePostCloserToAHappierLIfe
"Just let me finally get this [*cough*] paperwork and drink done in peace!"
AmbroseGudmaker
My schools it was the teachers calling in that they aren't coming caused the school closures.
Voldari
Hated the slow scrolling list thst took like 15 min, just to find out my school was or wasn't closed. I got up like 10 min before bus came.
NervAssEva
In south MS it was usually hurricane days
billycakers
They canceled school in Michigan for 1 inch of snow on multiple occasions last year. Back in the day you needed at least a foot
OrangeLazarus86
Went to a private school in NJ for 2yrs that didn’t believe in school closing or the state of emergency.
tamlove2
One of the reasons I loved being bused in the winter! They never ran in the snow
RadioZombieHazard
My HS's last snowman before 2011 was like 1980 or so. They literally hadda close it down MID DAY, all the students had to sleep there
RadioZombieHazard
Overnight. From what the teachers said, it sucked. Im amazed they had cots for the students. (2 campuses, only 1 closed [Jr and Sr])
ExquisiteConundrum
Ah yes... the blizzard of 97. When my school shut down for like two days so all the grown ups could unbury the cars and driveways.
Timbagged2
I had the entire week off. We got 2+ feet. I was like 14 at the time. Still one of the best weeks of my life.
ExquisiteConundrum
Tbh... I might have as well. But it was so long ago. And all I remember was sledding for hours. Coming in when it was dark lol.
ejw909
Poor kids today will just have class by Zoom. They'll never know this joy.
nero4ty2
Our district just emails some assignments, they still have plenty of time to play in the snow
TheUnstoppableWampas
Looking back at it now, I suppose having a mom that didn't give a shit about me had its benefits. That was now a "sick day"
AngryQueefNoises
Had snow days as a kid in NY. Moved to TX as a teen. Then we only closed if the place was flooding. Much less frequent. ?
downvoteacct
Use to get up at like 5:00 am to listen on the radio for school closings, then go back and sleep in my warm bed till noon.
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DavidBrooker
I grew up in a town that had historically experienced below-zero temperatures and snow in month of the year, and never once saw a snow 1/n
DavidBrooker
day. The rationale was that - even if classes ended up canceled or greatly modified - schools needed to stay open to provide a warm and 2/n
DavidBrooker
safe place for kids. Though fortunately it never affected me, I know a few kids who stayed at school for extended periods due to power 3/n
DavidBrooker
outages and other issues related to snow storms that affected their homes. 4/4
imgursample
Next door here too, but I could see if the busses left the lot or not. So I knew before anyone if it was closed or not.
BisonMooseDuck
Has anyone studied if well-funded schools in high tax districts are closed more often then poorly funded schools?
BisonMooseDuck
*due to snow
goodBEan
Since schools have developed/purchased the tech do do remote learning due to covid, no more SNOW DAYS.
nero4ty2
We still have them, they just send out assignments , mostly just reading
Quessir
Our school was old, it had a newer more modern and bigger part, but it was all heated by the boiler in the old building. Every time it got >
Quessir
really cold we got the day off. It was amazing. Ireland is quite temperate so it never got very cold that often, but you take what you get.
an0therthr0waway
in my 14 years of school, there were 0 snow days, just 2 closed days when the temp/wcf was so cold the buses had trouble starting.
UncleMeaty
Never had a snow day. Never had a teacher's strike. Seems like they happen all the time now.
Angelusvonnex
At my school in northern MN most of the bus drivers were mechanics and half of them drove the snow plows, I still don't remember a snow day
an0therthr0waway
...in a place where our average seasonal snowfall was about 120"
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Oh you’re from Upstate New York? Poor poor child you have my sympathy
an0therthr0waway
yep, just outside Syracuse
dohcohv
Places that snow usually have the infrastructure to deal with it. It snows like 6" once in a blue moon here(desert) so no plows or anything.
5ywjdPumpkinPrincess
I was born and lived the 1st 13 years of my life in Chicago winters were brutal and we would get a lot of snow
RadioZombieHazard
Hahahaha that's very much true!!
badpuppeh81
I've watched my breath freeze and still had to go to school, they didn't close for anything short of the apocalypse
mrthewhitee
Was it up hill both ways?
imgursample
I’ve had both snow days and hurricane days at different schools when I was a kid.
HelpfulCorn
I had them at the same school! Hurricane Gloria in Connecticut
sunkenroad62
Did any of you do stupid superstitions like flush ice cubes or sleep w/ your pajamas inside out thinking it would make it snow.?
LordNergal
I used to sacrifice popsicles to the Snow Queen.
NLP32
Hahahahaha… SoCal kid. Never ever heard this before. Great! ?
MikeReese9
Saw that in a comic strip on Instagram recently. Precious Rascals
iamnatmann
Yep... My dumbass would put some ice cubes outside thinking it would lower the temp enough to snow.
unnecessaryredarrows
My dad would blow the “snow horn”
TresusIbor
The only superstition I had was to not talk about it too much because it might make it not happen.
Ihaventconsumedenoughwineforthis
Like ordering.lunch when it's dead at a restaurant and it gets slammed. No food for you
TresusIbor
Well that and my dad yelling at me and saying I wanted him die in a crash. Another reason I didn't get too hyped out loud.
SpringToMyWinter
Growing up in SOCAL we only ever got school closings over air quality. Ergo no playing outside
Cochito
Bakersfield had “smog days” San Diego had holy fuck the whole county might burn down days
BuyMeBonestormOrGoToHell
I missed a couple weeks of college in 1994 because my school was near the epicenter of the Northridge earthquake.
Canadoug
Hey don't forget active shooters.
NachoPete
Can confirm.
Fende
In socal and got off a day for tiger on the loose, but that's probably less common.
MisspentYouth333
Air quality? Bro
ColonelColon
You try existing outside when the smoke turns the sun red.
ztygs
Not to sound like a dirty socialist commie but maybe big factories should have a few rules against polution?
onlyjudycanjudgeme
Nah, it’s smoke from wildfires. Source: Californian.
irvingb01
@OP It shouldn't matter if you lived next to the school, since the open-or-close decision would be based whether school busses could run.
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irvingb01
The "Should we close the schools today?" question is based on whether the kids far away from it can get there, not the kids next door to it.
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