Too much snain, sleet, snow to make the trip to and from school safe, BPS says.
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Too much snain, sleet, snow to make the trip to and from school safe, BPS says.
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Gee
By Sock_Puppet
Thu, 02/03/2022 - 3:43pm
Too bad they can't learn remotely.
Thanks, Charlie!
Oh stop it.
By anon
Thu, 02/03/2022 - 4:16pm
You can’t have one off remote learning days. It’s not feasible to roll that out and BPS would be completely incapable of doing so. It’s not the republican boogeyman’s fault here.
Oh, Really?
By FlyingToaster
Thu, 02/03/2022 - 11:50pm
It requires planning*, mostly to make sure that a) your teachers have their school-issued chromebook and a 'net connection and b) that your students have their tablet/chromebook and 'net connection as well. These are probably the sticking point for Boston.
Two years into the pandemic, this is no longer rocket surgery.
* My kid's class [not in Boston] has had to do this. It's a PITA, but absolutely doable.
Do you know the percentage of BPS
By anon
Fri, 02/04/2022 - 12:16am
Students who never logged on during the pandemic? Do you know how many have internet access?
It’s not feasible to do one off remote learning days at BPS. And it sure as shit isn’t the governor’s fault.
Sheesh just let the kids have
By anon
Fri, 02/04/2022 - 6:21am
Sheesh just let the kids have a snow day.
Our neighbors to the north...
By anon
Fri, 02/04/2022 - 5:16am
There are several communities in northern New Hampshire that do this on the regular, and have since before Covid. They were losing so many days to snow due to their rural, mountainous region that they rolled out a snow day Chromebook program.
It works like you'd think. All the kids have 'em, and have Internet. The teachers are always ready to transition to an online day, two days, even five days.
Snow day? Power through!
Now look, it's fair to suggest that maybe the day off from school is a welcome break, for both students and staff. But it's not like it can't be done; it just simply isn't being done.
* And yes, a rural NH town scales differently than Boston. I promise you they have less $ per student though...
Half right
By Sock_Puppet
Fri, 02/04/2022 - 5:48am
"It’s not feasible to roll that out and BPS would be completely incapable of doing so"
Guess which half
good move
By anon
Thu, 02/03/2022 - 3:43pm
nothing worse for driving than ice
Or snain for walking.
By Lee
Thu, 02/03/2022 - 4:38pm
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Hmph.
By anon
Thu, 02/03/2022 - 4:28pm
When I was a kid....
Harumph, harumph . . .
By anon
Fri, 02/04/2022 - 7:39am
Harumph, harumph . . .
Snain?
By wils
Thu, 02/03/2022 - 4:29pm
Is this something new from global warming?
Snain is probably Graupel
By FlyingToaster
Thu, 02/03/2022 - 11:53pm
...or worse, Freezing Rain mixed with Graupel that freezes to the ground rather than bouncing.
But then...
By lbb
Fri, 02/04/2022 - 9:31am
...the ground would be nubbly and the traction should be excellent!
Actually...
By Checking-In
Fri, 02/04/2022 - 12:11am
Per the late Dick Albert it is "snish."
Unless...
By The Fox 915
Thu, 02/03/2022 - 5:36pm
Unless you're a Zamboni Driver
There won't be any freezing
By Notfromboston
Thu, 02/03/2022 - 5:49pm
There won't be any freezing rain tomorrow.
Really?
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 02/03/2022 - 5:58pm
You know this ... how?
I didn't see any FB memes about it.
National Weather Service Says Freezing Rain Tomorrow:
I'm sorry. You are right. I
By Notfromboston
Fri, 02/04/2022 - 7:50am
I'm sorry. You are right. I was looking at a weather widget for a wrong city. It will be freezing rain in Boston.
Honest mistake
By Pete X
Fri, 02/04/2022 - 8:11am
How many different cities in the US do you troll?
You said at the beginning of
By Notfromboston
Fri, 02/04/2022 - 6:30pm
You said at the beginning of December that this winter surge is not as bad as last year's, so who is stupid here?
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