re: When did schools start closing based on the threat of bad weather??

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At least 25 years ago.

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I graduated in 00. My little brother in 05. This started being a thing after that.

Honestly I think it has to do with turnover in teaching and a change in philosophy. When I was in high school the principal had been there for 40 years and most of the teachers were 20+ years. Then my senior year the principal retired and they brought in a new administrator that was kinder/gentler. It drove most of the long term teachers to call it quits.

Most teachers my age would rather post about how unfair their job is on Facebook than worry about things like impacting education, so it’s only natural that suddenly they need to cancel school for a thunderstorm because lighting might strike a bus which literally has never happened in 325 years of America.