No snow here..

we've had pathetic puny snow up til yesterday...  in fact last week I refused to call it snow, & referred to it as heavy frost.

 

It made up for it yesterday...    we got a couple of inches! 

 

& yeah, a couple of inches does warrant a snow day down here in the south     It used to amuse me when I first moved down from Leeds, where a couple of foot of snow only meant the school bus might be a bit late 

I've decided to keep my kids off, I hurt my ankle over the weekend (slipped in the snow) and its swilled and sore. Couldn't see the point in struggling to get them there and then the school close early (they did this twice last week)

Swollen* bloody auto correct

So far the results are disappointing.

Yaaaay! Snow day!!!!!! I'm at work, but it's bucketing down!

I don't get it - when did all the schools start closing for the day for a bit of snow?  

Alf's school rarely closes...    when it does close (like today) its because the bus companies (that ferry the majority of the kids there & back) deem the country roads you have to use to get there, unsafe.

 

It must be down to the area's capacity to deal with the snow...   I can remember listening to local radio when we were kids, and unless the heating system at school was broken then it pretty much had to be snow up to your chin for the school to close (even if the school buses weren't running there was an expectation for us to walk to school - though it was only a couple of miles..    there's no way I am trekking 12 miles there & 12 miles back to get him there )

 

Alf's school severe weather policy is like a mixed message riddle...   three bullet points one stating parents have a duty to ensure their child gets to school if possible, the second one stating that children must wait at least 40 mins at bus stops before assuming the bus is not arriving, the third, an arse covering, parents may make the decision that it is unsafe to travel to school.

 

what the third bullet point doesn't say is that if this decision is made it will be recorded as an authorised absence..   and you may be beaten with a stick for making that decision 

for me today was a result...    I'm lucky, my job is extremely flexible, and Alf is at an age where had I needed to go in I could leave him to fend for himself for the day.

 

It wasn't always like this..   in my previous job when the kids were smaller days like today were a nightmare...    bosses & colleagues used to get the right hump when parents of young kids couldn't come in because the school had closed. 

I was more upset that the schools preferred means of communicating the closure was by tweeting it!!!!

 

I refuse to follow them on twitter    I have read their past tweets & they are pretty much hardcore fundraising or updates on the rugby team! 

 

I remember that - if the heating was knackered, day off, if not wellies on and get yerself in

 

That makes sense, area dependant, it just seems to always be on the news about school closures and I thought it must happen more now as I never really remember the school being closed! :fogey:

 

no..  its cos you went to school ooop norf...    where snow was expected...   and 4 inches of the stuff was seen as a bit of frost...  

 

its daaannnn sarfff where a slight covering throws civilisation into anarchy and everything grinds to a halt 

We're all at home too.  School is closed, but more disappointingly the boy was supposed to be going on a week long outward bound trip with the school, which has been cancelled and subsequently cancelled my week of childless debauchery. 

 

We've closed the offices because all of the water pipes are frozen.  So i'm working from home, which is much more pleasant.

 

It's been snowing constantly here since 3 this morning, stopped for about 20 minutes at about 8, but started again and hasn't stopped.

^ see look, an oop North school closed!! 

 

Wouldn't have happened in my day

The only time we got sent home when it snowed was if the buses were going to stop running or the pipes burst.

Cinds...   how thick is the snow there?

 

(& sorry for Master Cinds...   having a trip cancelled cos of it is a right bummer) 

The only time I can remember being sent home (and off the next day) was when the pipes burst and the heating packed in. Unfortunately, the year 10 + 11 pupils still had to go in for exams though

Not sure I haven't been out, but possibly 7 - 8 inches.  Mr C has just been out to clear the cars and the drive and will have to do it all again, as they're both now recovered #futile

Oh no cinds that's rotten, i hope your son isn't too gutted, I'm sure they'll reschedule Thank goodness you can work from home too The drive to my work was much easier than the roads at the weekend, thankfully. Lets hope it keeps thawing as fast as it's falling!

No schools are closed here. Of course we are made of sterner stuff than poolies, pit yackers, Geordies, red Geordies, sand dancaz, and friends of sheep everywhere.

I was wondering if I should bring that up 

Pah! I've had snow months over here... schools don't close though, which means i still work, and if they did close I would have to do what is called 'make up saturday', and no! Its not a day of trying on make up, but that sounds marginally better then what it really is.

We don't have any snow

 

Schools sometimes shut here if the roads are really bad.  My kids' school is in the middle of a hill so there's no way of getting to it without going up or down a hill which is why they close as it's a nightmare for cars and buses skidding/getting stuck and blocking the road so there have been snow days in the past few years.  What I hate the most is thinking it's gonna be a snow day but not too sure because the school can't text til the secretary (or whoever) gets in and sends the mass text which is usually after 8.30 when you've dragged the kids out of bed and got them dressed.

 

Actually no.  What I REALLY hate the most is when the text comes and says they are at school so you get them ready and get them into school only for them to text before lunchtime telling everyone to come get the kids because they're closing the school.

Ells that's what my kids school did twice last week! Grrr they never close tbh but last Monday and Friday they txt to come collect early. That's why I kept mine home. I'm not the only one either I've txt 3 other mums over the corse of the day and they all did the same thing even though it was open