school closures

For millions of students, the question What triggers a snow day? It is a winter ritual. The hope for a day off from school builds with every falling snowflake. However, for the school officials making the call in the early morning hours, the answer isn’t a guess; it’s a complex safety calculation. While the final…

I’ll never forget staring at my phone in the dark, my heart pounding at 5:00 AM, hitting refresh on the district website for the tenth time, desperately asking myself, Will I have school tomorrow? The snow outside was piling up, but the official word hadn’t come down yet. As a parent and a former PTA coordinator,…