Thursday, January 13, 2011

More on school closings

The high point of any kid's school year, whether that kid is six or 60, is, of course, those days when school is called off because of snow. It seems odd that college students would feel the same way. After all, notes one professor, education seems to be one of those things that you buy and want less for your money. But, there you have it.
From the static-filled, pre-dawn local AM broadcasts to the crawl of announcements along the bottom of the screen on the television to the various web and text messaging services, kids will find a way to find out.
Two of our grandchildren attend a Catholic high school in Worcester. Occasionally, we'll drive them to school in the morning. Because this school is new for us, we're still figuring things out. For example, it's not always clear if the closing of Worcester schools means parochial as well as public schools. Checking with Google on this, I didn't find an answer, but did learn that, according to Yahoo!, schools were closed one day three years ago.

At this writing, the wed site for the Worcester schools is off the air, so I can't confirm just yet. I expect, though, that they'll get another day off.
One school administrator, however, might have do well to come to work and practice typing.

2 comments:

Tracy Novick said...

WTAG always used to say "Worcester public and parochial schools" when they read the dismissals (maybe they still do...does anyone listen rather than just turn on the computer?). The school should have a standard policy they can tell you about.
The charters do cancel on their own (and are responsible for their own spelling!).

Karl Hakkarainen said...

I finally did figure out that the parochial school did follow the public schools' cancellation policy. At the time that I posted this, it was too early to call anyone to confirm.
And, no, I haven't listened to 'TAG since the Ice Storm.

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