1st Snow Day of the Year

Hi Everyone

I know sometimes people get pretty uptight about teachers. As a matter of fact most people don't hate teachers, they despise them. Long holidays at Christmas, extended vacation at Easter, sessional days, 2 months holidays in the summer, the general public has no appreciation of what they do regardless of whether they are in the north or down south.
When it comes to snow days, it makes the general public's blood boil. People don't take into account that half of the school age children take the bus and the other half walk. The children that take the bus are the elementary students. When the bus is canceled because of road conditions they are given a day off. With the roads in such poor condition, how can we expect the older students to walk to school. One slip and they could be under the wheel of a plow, or dump truck, or another vehicle. The other question is when elementary students can't go to school, who is going to look after them while Mom or Dad is at work? In a lot of cases older brothers and sisters who are in the high school do a fair bit of child care with for their parents when it comes to younger siblings.
Beside that we get way fewer snow days than they do in the south. Last year in NB they had somewhere around 10 or 12. Last year in Cape Dorset we had, zero, nada, zilch, nothing. So what if we get a scattered snow day now and then. At the end of the day it is all for the safety and protection of our students. And as teachers and administrators that should be our #1 priority.

Cheers

Blake