re: School Closures 1/17

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Is this a parent thing?

Why do some of yall hate school closures so much?

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As a teacher, I can think of a few reasons. One, having to arrange care for young kids when parents have to work. Two, grasping to find any logic in it can be difficult at times. Three, the OT loves to bitch about teachers, and SOMETIMES it’s justified.

I have a few colleagues who were all over Facebook yesterday, absolutely giddy that our district made the call to close today. That kind of crap has a tendency to make the people who have to go to work as usual pretty pissed off. Typical bullshite that women do.

I see no reason that schools here should be closed again tomorrow. The “kids shouldn’t have to wait on the bus in these temperatures” reason is ridiculous. If your child really doesn’t have sufficient clothing to stay warm for ten minutes, just keep them home yourself. I agree that it’s gotten out of hand.

The dumbest part is that if we have another closure, they’ll start adding minutes to the school day. F that. Having little Johnny in my Social Studies class for two extra minutes has no effect whatsoever.