NortheastPAWx Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 By request of am19psu, I have decided to start this new thread to discuss the impact weather has on school days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Can we also discuss the impact it has on families with two working parents? $10/hr per kid (2kids) for a babysitter makes 8am-6pm an expensive proposition. If the weather is too bad and the babysitter can't get to the house then what... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analog96 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Can we also discuss the impact it has on families with two working parents? $10/hr per kid (2kids) for a babysitter makes 8am-6pm an expensive proposition. If the weather is too bad and the babysitter can't get to the house then what... Is anyone up for making this a running thread for closings? I can cover NJ/NY metro, if someone else wants to cover other areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billabong Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Can we also discuss the impact it has on families with two working parents? $10/hr per kid (2kids) for a babysitter makes 8am-6pm an expensive proposition. If the weather is too bad and the babysitter can't get to the house then what... I work the office of a preschool.... we have drop-in for our before and after school program (up to 12 years old) when schools are closed. We just prorate a regular $85 full time week for before and after. So, $17 a child for the whole day from 6am to 6pm including all meals. This is in SE Virginia, but check around some of the daycares.... especially the smaller religious ones. A lot of them are feeling the effects of the economy and are doing anything to get children, even if it is just a day or two here and there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yes_Probably_Maybe_No Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I wonder if the philly colleges will cut morning classes 8-12. That would be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goombatommy Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I wonder if the philly colleges will cut morning classes 8-12. That would be awesome. Your username pretty much sums it all up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 We have mid-terms tomorrow, at 8:15-9:45 and 10:15-11:45 I'm not sure what they'll do with a 2-hr delay... Edit: If we had one, that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 i'm hoping for just a 2hr delay for our son but it might be a full day! another scramble for 2 working parents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goombatommy Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 i'm hoping for just a 2hr delay for our son but it might be a full day! another scramble for 2 working parents My sons daycare just informed us they have a 2-hour delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVblizzard Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 3 inches of snow with .2" ice on top changing over to rain by 10-11 will probably be enough to close them here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rygar Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Here too. Would have to change to rain by 8:00 to avoid a cancellation. Means i will be home with the kids tomorrow. Fun to try and work with a 5 and 7 year old bickering all day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 We have mid-terms tomorrow, at 8:15-9:45 and 10:15-11:45 I'm not sure what they'll do with a 2-hr delay... Edit: If we had one, that is Same here, except 735-905am and 930-11am. With it not starting untill 6-7 here then changing to ice mid-day after 3-7" of snow, I think we'll get a snow day here. If we get a delay Im going to laugh because conditions will be worse at 9am then 7am here in central mass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha5 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 We have mid-terms tomorrow, at 8:15-9:45 and 10:15-11:45 I'm not sure what they'll do with a 2-hr delay... Edit: If we had one, that is Mid-terms from 8-10 and 12-2 here so a delay would probably push everything back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 University of North Dakota is famous for NEVER closing. I went through multiple whiteout blizzards and cases where professors couldn't even come to teach because they couldn't get to school--and UND never closed. Unfortunately I think it will take a fatality or a major event for UND to ever consider closing for weather alone. Oops--I didn't realize this was about the freezing rain event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerep Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 2hr delay just called for Kennett in S. Chester County. Personally, I think we'll see a change to closed tomorrow. I just don't see what is going to scour out the cold surface air until after 10am tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVblizzard Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 A few schools up here already have 2 hour delays, even though the Lehigh Valley/Poconos are supposed to stay freezing rain till late morning. Pretty stupid if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerep Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Would expect them to all close in the morning. I think school districts are hesitant to call off the night before unless it is snowing and not forecast to stop until the next afternoon. Too many time when ice is involved that you end up with a quick change to rain and folks wondering why their kids are at home. A few schools up here already have 2 hour delays, even though the Lehigh Valley/Poconos are supposed to stay freezing rain till late morning. Pretty stupid if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Would expect them to all close in the morning. I think school districts are hesitant to call off the night before unless it is snowing and not forecast to stop until the next afternoon. Too many time when ice is involved that you end up with a quick change to rain and folks wondering why their kids are at home. Most schools have to give the illusion that they are attempting to open. Most schools will be closed if the weather is as predicted. OF course I am watching to see if my school closes tomorrow (I don't have class but I do have work) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wederwarrior Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 The way things are trending, most schools in the LV will close tomorrow. The timing once again..... Much to my delite I'd rather be home than around a bunch of students wishing they were home....makes for a very unpreductive day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wederwarrior Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 A few schools up here already have 2 hour delays, even though the Lehigh Valley/Poconos are supposed to stay freezing rain till late morning. Pretty stupid if you ask me. They will fold in the morning, safety first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wederwarrior Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 University of North Dakota is famous for NEVER closing. I went through multiple whiteout blizzards and cases where professors couldn't even come to teach because they couldn't get to school--and UND never closed. Unfortunately I think it will take a fatality or a major event for UND to ever consider closing for weather alone. Oops--I didn't realize this was about the freezing rain event. Thats how it should be, reward the student for making it in. Might have its downfalls, but it also has some merit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVblizzard Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Some schools in Berks are closed already. http://www.wfmz.com/stormcenter/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerep Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Ha! Sounds like we're in the same boat. We're even in the middle of giving mid-terms. Nightmare of a day if we hae a 2-hr delay. Snow just picked up a notch down here. The way things are trending, most schools in the LV will close tomorrow. The timing once again..... Much to my delite I'd rather be home than around a bunch of students wishing they were home....makes for a very unpreductive day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 The college i teach and work at used to never close or rarely close, now we close a couple of times each winter. I am on the team that gets the message out. We share a calendar with two other colleges, so the majority rules here. In the WIlkes-barre area, the east side schools do the same thing, when one or two of them close, they all close. Safety first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 So far no announcements from PSU campuses. Imagine we'll see mostly compressed schedules, but some may cancel completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 So far no announcements from PSU campuses. Imagine we'll see mostly compressed schedules, but some may cancel completely. They're starting...PSU Brandywine (Media) will open at 11:30am. Media is 12 miles W of PHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 first day of classes here at millersville...i don't start til 11 so 2 hour delay does nothing for me but i think we get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billabong Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 So far no announcements from PSU campuses. Imagine we'll see mostly compressed schedules, but some may cancel completely. I'm waiting on the Abington campus... normally they are pretty good about closing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yes_Probably_Maybe_No Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 I'm waiting on the Abington campus... normally they are pretty good about closing. Yeah I'm hoping I get something here at Temple. My class is at 9:30 which is pretty much when it's supposed to start raining, if not sooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meteorjosh Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 rjy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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