Snow days and nannies
amjoie:
Private schools often close when public schools stay open, so quite realistic, I'd say.
As far as schools closing, you just need to live where heavy snow is normal. Schools don't close unless it looks like they would get sued by the bus drivers. Even then, the announcements start out as "school busses will be two hours late -- no morning kindergarten," before you finally get the "school is closed" announcement one hour or so later. But it is never a problem for parents, because they can't get out of the driveway to go to work, anyway. By the time schools close around here, nothing is moving -- not even plows.
ChamiMinds:
"Snow Day?" What's that? Wimps complaining about not being able to drive.. come on now where's the fun in making it easy to get around.
I never had a snow day and it snowed all the time. We didn't even get to stay home when it was 35 below 0. Yeah those were the fun days. ::grumble::
rohina:
They don't have snow days in Calgary; instead, the schools have this "we're always open for your kids to have somewhere to go" philosophy.
J. M. Pescado:
In my day, we had to walk to school 10 miles in the snow, uphill and against the wind both ways. And the Japanese would try to bomb us. AND WE LIKED IT!
rohina:
Yes, yes, and when we got home our parents would kill us and dance about on our graves singing "Halleluia".
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