schools opening when it has snowed!

LE3

I work in a school and we didn't close at all last year.
Students were released 10 mins early on Friday (10 mins off lunch not lessons!) to allow staff to start their journeys home ASAP. Unlike most staff, I live just over 3 miles from school and it took me almost an hour to drive home Friday. Most staff live 20+ miles from school
There is around 6" snow here & I am seriously considering not even attempting to get the car out of the avenue in the morning & walking down to the main road & seeing if the busses are running. Walking the full way is a last resort but I will do it if needed, however it will make me late (I can't leave home till after 7:15 as that's the time we have been advised we must be able to receive a call in the event that the school is closed) 3 miles in fine weather would be no problem, 3 miles in the snow will take me longer!

johnnyl

LE3 wrote: »

I work in a school and we didn't close at all last year!

it didnt really snow last year

toshkininny

johnnyl wrote: »

and whats wrong with that?

Perhaps because it's the weekend?

johnnyl

toshkininny wrote: »

Perhaps because it's the weekend?

boo hoo

There are people up and down the country doing the same to ensure that their works stay open. I would expect that schools would be doing everything possible on their own premisis to make sure that they can open

toshkininny

johnnyl wrote: »

boo hoo

There are people up and down the country doing the same to ensure that their works stay open. I would expect that schools would be doing everything possible on their own premisis to make sure that they can open

I'm sure the caretaker wouldn't agree with you. Good for those other people up and down the country - I'm sure there has been 1,000's of people turning out today in our droves driving especially to our place of work to clear paths to make sure we can all get in for tomorrow.

Deanied

gregg1 wrote: »

But if the nearest school is also closed, which is more than likely, what then?

My OH spent Friday sending her kids work to do on the Frog website. She has checked today and not one child has done the work. The parents are informed to get their kids to check the site in the event of the school being closed. Obviously, the parents have ignored that although they will be quick to complain about their kids missing school! You just can't win sometimes!

In addition, all days lost due to adverse weather are made up during the feb half term when kids are asked to go in school to catch up for one or two days. It is always a very poor turnout of kids!

The point of it is that if everyone did it, very few school would have to close, because they would rely on the teachers living in their communities to keep them open. I guess if the first school is closed you then walk to the next closest and so forth, all of which will be easier to get to that your normal school or else you would have gone to work as normal.

Gloomendoom

quinechinoise wrote: »

That is surely not a sufficient reason to endanger kids on the school run?!

The only schools that should be open during heavy* snow are boarding schools - and day pupils will be expected to stay home if the driving conditions are poor.

That must be the daftest thing I have read in a long time. Not everybody has to drive their children to school.

onlyroz

My son's school closed at lunchtime on friday - the roads were perfectly drivable. I requested to work from home because I knew from past experience that the schools around here shut at the slightest sign of snow, but I think it's hard for the other working parents who don't have such flexibility.

johnnyl

toshkininny wrote: »

I'm sure the caretaker wouldn't agree with you. Good for those other people up and down the country - I'm sure there has been 1,000's of people turning out today in our droves driving especially to our place of work to clear paths to make sure we can all get in for tomorrow.

Next time you hear the term "the school bubble" this is what we are talking about. Schools quite literally live in a bubble and have no concept of what other people do. Let me assure you that any business who is under threat of the weather will have such contingency plans, people working overtime etc etc to make sure that the place stays open. My place of work has even organised with the local farmer to come in if required to plough the place and make sure that it is open for business.

Thats what professionals do, schools and teachers want to be paid a professional wage, want to be respected as a profession so act like it. To have no service due to predictable weather is pathetic really.

toshkininny

Sounds a wonderful part of the world you live in. Reality is that for £x.xx an hour a caretaker is not really going to want to go in.