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What about teachers with children in other districts who are not remote and have a snow day? I could see doing remote instruction after the 4th snow day or something but let these kids have some joy!
 
Hey Adrien! said:
I'm sorry to the teachers whose schools are forcing them to have classes on Zoom.

I'm surprised by our school's foresight for having Thursday a "no school" day pending snow...we're usually the last private school in the area to call it and we almost always just follow what our public school system does, which is ridiculous because our student commuting radius is quite large (about 30 minutes for a sizable group of families) and we're located off a windy backroad.

This is a unique situation, especially being so close to winter break. It's just one day of school and .
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We have most kids remote this week anyway, so I don't think a Zoom call is anything but an ordinary day.

I do agree with your comments on commute radius. My daughter drives about 25 minutes, but her school is just across that imaginary line where it rains there while we get snow or ice here. So before this remote learning was the norm I was often frustrated when they didn't cancel school but it was very dangerous here.
 
uconn_jack said:
I disagree. As long as there aren't power outage issues, do a remote learning day. If we can avoid adding snow days to the end of the year or taking away scheduled vacation days, would much rather them do remote for the day.
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Do a half day.

I remember my senior year of hs I got lucky and our snow came mid day. So we got 4 or 5 early dismissals instead of snow days. I was done by June 13 rather than around the NBA draft, which was more normal
 
temery said:
"Our Internet was down, so I couldn't get to zoom."
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Greedo said:
We are required to record all of our classes on Zoom so this isn't an excuse. If students miss class we just give them the link to watch what they missed.
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EROCK CONN said:
My dog ate my internet......
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So what happens if the students have internet and can get on zoom but the teacher cannot? Does the school district call around for a substitute zoom teacher with internet and electricity?
 
Chin Diesel said:
From middle school through junior year of HS I had Hartford Courant paper route in the morning, Journal Inquirer route in the afternoon and then would cut some grasss or shovel snow for a few of those houses. Gave me enough pocket money for what I wanted.

Snow day would be deliver papers, shovel driveways and be out playing with friends by 9 or 10 am.
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Did you have to shovel up hill both ways?
 
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Chin Diesel said:
Lol. No. Always shoveled downhill.

But as a kid who was too young to hold a real job, it put money in the pocket for the important stuff like arcade games and go kart racing.
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Best snow related money I ever made was when we had a 2 ft snow...rather than busting butt shoveling, 4 of us walked around and charged people 10 bucks to push out their car from snow rut...made same or more $$ for much less work than shoveling an entire drive for 20 bucks
 
It's always the guy who points fingers and yells the loudest.smh. smh.They are squeaky clean until they get outed
 
Chin Diesel said:
So what happens if the students have internet and can get on zoom but the teacher cannot? Does the school district call around for a substitute zoom teacher with internet and electricity?
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Probably want to ensure they have indoor plumbing as well.....
 
Brettloaf said:
Sorry guys snow days should no longer be a thing. We have all moved to a remote learning model and this is a byproduct of it. We need our children to be educated as they have already been disrupted so much due to lack of leadership during the pandemic. We can't keep missing days of learning and be further set back.
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Back in the day this would have just been “snow.” Society has lost its mind. Thanks Twitter!
 
Chin Diesel said:
So what happens if the students have internet and can get on zoom but the teacher cannot? Does the school district call around for a substitute zoom teacher with internet and electricity?
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My guess is we should have work ready to go on Schoology (our Learning Management System), and can just use our phone to send a message out to the kids that our internet is down and we can't get on Zoom, but they should work on those assignments.

The way everything is online these days there are just contingencies upon contingencies upon contingencies. That's the way I see it at least. There's always a work around.
 
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husky429 said:
And what about the teachers out of district? I live 30 minutes from my school--if I don't have power I'm just going to have to text a colleague and have them let my classes know, I guess.
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Now clarified. It's if a majority of district homes don't have power. If we are remote and a student doesn't have power, it's an excused absence. If a staff member does not have power, they will have to call in sub plans somehow.
 
Martin said:
Connecticut..,1978...the only real blizzard I remember from when I was a kid to when I left Connecticut in ‘91. We lived at the top of a hill. We were sledding for days! The whole neighborhood. I’ll never forget that neighborhood feeling. The adults acted like kids hanging our, sledding all day, one neighbor took the keg from his basement fridge and deposited it in the snow for all adults to enjoy. That week off from school was magical for me and my friends. I’m talking “Sandlot” magical peeps!!
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Was at UConn for that blizzard- loaded up on beer, wine, Panama red - best 4 days ever at UConn because no one could leave. Was in the frats with one of the best chefs. What was even better was my new car with front wheel drive - shoveled a little behind, a little in front and off I went when the roads were open again. I was the designated resupply officer.
 
mussels said:
I never understood the cases of water. People always stock up on water like their faucets will stop working from a simple death storm.
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When I had a well that was an issue if we lost power
 
Letsgohuskies11 said:
12-18 inches now for NYC. Reminds me of the Uconn vs Cuse game a couple of years ago at MSG that snarled traffic in the tri state. Think that might of been November though and it was like 3 inches of snow or something that the area just did not prepare for at all. I remember the horror stories people telling me they were in their car for like 6 hours trying to go 30 miles home.
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2K Classic 11-15-18. Yeah I had taken the train from New Haven. Got back for the drive home to Tolland - did great till I hit those hills on 84 between exits 67 and 68. Terrible ride the rest of the way. 8 " at my house. Of course my snow blower stopped working partway through clearing the driveway do had to leave my car partway sticking out into the road- prayed the plow wouldn't hit it until i could get a neighbor to clear the driveway
 
My district already told teachers we will be having full day online learning on Thursday. I love not making up snow days (longer summer) but kids need to be away from their computers and have some outdoor snow fun! Wish they would make it a half day...best of both worlds.
 
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calluke said:
My district already told teachers we will be having full day online learning on Thursday. I love not making up snow days (longer summer) but kids need to be away from their computers and have some outdoor snow fun! Wish they would make it a half day...best of both worlds.
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My school when remote has 30 mins in person and 30 minutes asynchronous per class. My asynchronous assignment is going to be to take a picture with your reading book outside and email me. 10 point quiz grade ;)
 
NDakotaHusky said:
The town i grew up in (Barkhamsted) is projected to get 25". That's a lot for my new home town (Fargo)
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When I think about moving back to CT, Barkhamsted is ground zero. Such a cool place. A wilderness feel, but just 25-30 minutes to so many places I love. The restaurants in Simsbury and Avon, the shopping in South Windsor, Cedar Knob Golf course in Somers (and Italian Villa pizza), downtown Hartford, the Rent and an easy ride to 91N to the Berkshires, VT and Montreal. I like it.
 
Hoophound said:
When I think about moving back to CT, Barkhamsted is ground zero. Such a cool place. A wilderness feel, but just 25-30 minutes to so many places I love. The restaurants in Simsbury and Avon, the shopping in South Windsor, Cedar Knob Golf course in Somers (and Italian Villa pizza), downtown Hartford, the Rent and an easy ride to 91N to the Berkshires, VT and Montreal. I like it.
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Spent a lot of time in the Farmington River in my youth. Almost as much time swimming in the resevoir.
 
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