Snow, Where Are You?

Farawyn · Jan 14, 2016

Funny you should say that...we just had a few flakes here on LI.

NOTHING like last year.

(Adele, I just can't...)

MrNurse(x2), ADN · Jan 14, 2016

We were discussing this on the way into school this morning. The consensus was a longer summer break trumps a few days off here and there. Our long stretch is September until Thanksgiving, so we have a day off here and there until spring break. I now understand teachers who have faith in the flakes, as it was nice to have a day off last March when I first started.

kidzcare · Jan 14, 2016

We were discussing this on the way into school this morning. The consensus was a longer summer break trumps a few days off here and there. Our long stretch is September until Thanksgiving, so we have a day off here and there until spring break. I now understand teachers who have faith in the flakes, as it was nice to have a day off last March when I first started.

A couple unexpected days off are nice. Last year we had to add on an entire week. Too much, I want my summer!!

Eleven011 · Jan 14, 2016

We have had one snow day so far and probably 4-5 late starts. Its actually been a pretty mild winter, but February and March are usually good for a couple more good blizzards.

AdobeRN · Jan 14, 2016

Nooooo.....I am not a fan of snow/ice days. We have 2 days marked as "bad weather make up days" so if school is not closed for snow/ice we get those days off. I'd much rather have sunny, warm weather days off then snowy, cold days.

100kids, BSN, RN · Jan 14, 2016

We have 3 snow days built in. If we use them great, if we don't we don't get them back so I want all 3 days used!!!

And I LOVE snow so bring it on...

ohiobobcat · Jan 14, 2016

We had a snow day yesterday. :yes:

I gambled with my sleep yesterday. My kid is in the school musical ("Into the Woods") so I have been volunteering many hours helping to get the theater/stage set up. I was there until 2 am on Tuesday night, crossing fingers that we would have a snow day (or at least a delayed start time). I drove home in the absolute worst snow weather ever. I think I hit the part of the storm that dumped 4 inches of snow in 1 hour. It was near while out conditions and NOTHING was plowed. Luckily I only have to drive about 3 miles.

The next morning, I never even heard the phone call telling us there was no school. I woke up when my alarm went off and saw the missed call and the message my daughter texted me "No school", promptly rolled over and went back to sleep for another 4 hours. So YAY!! for snow days!!!

JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN · Jan 14, 2016

SNOW in Massachusetts is a dirty word. I don't need a snow day. Nope, nope, nope.

floridaRN38 · Jan 14, 2016

No snow here!! In florida!! But we do have hurricane days. But none this past season [emoji106]ðŸŒ¦ðŸŒ¦

SnowyJ, RN · Jan 14, 2016

Oh I heart snow days!!!! Bring me back to the excitement of childhood in the Northeast, lying in bed on a snowy morning, AM transistor radio at my side listening, hoping they would say my school's name. It rarely happened despite a LOT of snow..(We did not use buses.) So when it did, oh the joy!

:laugh:

JerseyTomatoMDCrab, BSN · Jan 14, 2016

I may be in the minority here but I am hoping for 0 snow days this year. 1) I HATE snow. I HATE being cold. This might stem from my time in the hospital, where snow was not an excuse to miss work but I have never liked cold weather. 2) I would rather have no snow days and get out of school the second week in June.

Now last year, before I was a school nurse, I remember hearing on the news that my district had closed school because of COLD. Not even for snow. Not a flake to be seen but it was too cold to send kids to school. That's insane. I never had that when I was a kid! I was wrapped up like Randy from "A Christmas Story" and on my way before you could say "frostbite."

I am currently using the hair dryer reserved for drying pants that met puddles on the playground to thaw my frozen digits. I really am always cold which makes me both annoying to be around and a terrible sleeping partner.