I had to take THREE BUSES to get to school this morning. I stepped into a pothole that was disguised by snow and almost went down. By the grace of G-d, I did not sprain or break my ankle. I also had to climb over 2-3' hills of previously frozen snow and ice chunks covered by the new snow and very dangerous, because you could not see what lay beneath the snow. The bus driver on one bus told me that the city had not plowed any of his route. That was obvious. Hardly anyone was on the street. The normally crowded buses were near-empty. Only teachers who had to risk their safety so that some kid can have a hot meal and a few others were on the buses. In one class, TWO kids showed up out of 34. In another class, 5 kids showed up. Two of them slept the whole class and refused to do any work.
Oh yeah, and the brain dead Chancellor added, after the hot meal comment,that "if Macy's was open, the schools could be open." Did I also inform you that the Governor had declared a state of emergency in NY, and that the Commie mayor had told people (except obviously teachers) to stay off the streets and stay home.
I, and all the colleagues I've spoken to, are absolutely furious that we had to risk our safety under these conditions for no educational reason.
So sorry to hear that!
I hope all your students who didn’t come to school won’t starve to death today.
Did the school cafeteria cook ‘the sustainable hot meals’ for the same amount of kids that usually would show up on a regular weather day?
Wonder what they do with that food - since no one is there to eat it...Would be cool to get a total tally of meals served today compared to a ‘regular’ Thursday - to see the percentage difference.
Do you know if the kids that did not go to school today will get a mark on their attendance? There’s going to be a bunch of parents squawking about that if it does.