How Much Snow It Takes To Cancel School In The US

[Mook]

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[Mook]

I have no link to back any of this up.

 

[Outlaw]

According to that map, we need 24" of snow to cancel school in Lake and Cook County...

 

[Mook]

Soooo pretty accurate then.

 

[Outlaw]

When I was in high school they would cancel it if there was a few inches on the ground and coming down fast... This was all dependent upon what time it started though.

 

[Freebeer187]

When I was in high school they would cancel it if there was a few inches on the ground and coming down fast... This was all dependent upon what time it started though.

Pretty much what I was going to say.

 

[DanJ]

We had a superintendent who was notorious for not closing school as long as she could get out of her driveway. That bitch must have drove an H1 because we always had school. We got the day off when the buses couldn't start a couple times though. God bless whoever at the bus barn opted not to get the diesel additive from the fuel company.

 

[VenomousDSG]

Seems pretty accurate. Couple weeks ago when st louis had like 6 or 7 inches the schools were closed from monday and resumed friday. Unreal.

 

[Ear Rak]

Lake Park HS only shut down if the buses couldnt run or if the heat broke down.

I never had an official snow day in HS from '03 to graduation in '07.

 

[budsang1]

they rarely cancelled school when I was in school, it took lots of ice or a couple feet of snow. And getting out because it was too hot or cold, never fucking happened, not once. My wife works at the high school, she has had like 4 days cancelled this winter because it was too cold

 

[Rebel]

When I was in high school they would cancel it if there was a few inches on the ground and coming down fast... This was all dependent upon what time it started though.

This. It just depends if it's safe to drive the busses I believe. At least that's what it was in my district. I could count the number of snow days in my life on one hand though.

Of course cook county is the only dark blue in the state.

 

[Ear Rak]

Yes. I just made this.

 

[VR SS]

you are all young fucks, jesus! I graduated in 99.

 

[Fish]

Lake Park HS only shut down if the buses couldnt run or if the heat broke down.

I never had an official snow day in HS from '03 to graduation in '07.

They only had one official "snow" day when I went. Technically, the buses ran, but lots of kids drove at west campus. So it was an excused absence and the kids that made it got extra credit or some shit.

A few of us carpooled and made it to the end of our subdivision and said fuck it. Went back to a buddys house and played mario party the entire day.

 

[Ear Rak]

They only had one official "snow" day when I went. Technically, the buses ran, but lots of kids drove at west campus. So it was an excused absence and the kids that made it got extra credit or some shit.

A few of us carpooled and made it to the end of our subdivision and said fuck it. Went back to a buddys house and played mario party the entire day.

Yea, i did the "excused absense" quite a few times.

What year did you graduate?

 

[DanJ]

I have family down in southern Missouri and they have missed 2 weeks of school due to that polar vortex that we got.

 

[Fish]

Yea, i did the "excused absense" quite a few times.

What year did you graduate?

2000

 

[Outlaw]

you are all young fucks, jesus! I graduated in 99.

I graduated 2010

 

[TCG Member 5219]

It depends on the busses. If they can't get around then school is canceled. On the other hand our district canceled school 4 times this month and none of the days were because of snow. It was because the negative windchill. They did not want students standing at buss stops getting frost bite and hypothermia.

 

[Euro]

I remember Batavia's school district would cancel school pretty regularly if there was a snowfall above 6".


While out at NIU, I think classes were "officially" cancelled maaaaybe 3-4 times at most in the 3 years I was there. Those fuckers would NEVER shut down.

 

[ChrisRac]

Yes. I just made this.

They didn't have DVR when I was in school. I also graduated in '99

 

[ktraver97ss]

Lake Park HS only shut down if the buses couldnt run or if the heat broke down.

I never had an official snow day in HS from '03 to graduation in '07.

werd, but god damn you are a young buck, i graduated from there in 01

 

[ktraver97ss]

It depends on the busses. If they can't get around then school is canceled. On the other hand our district canceled school 4 times this month and none of the days were because of snow. It was because the negative windchill. They did not want students standing at buss stops getting frost bite and hypothermia.

Thats such bullshit. I remember waiting at the bus stop in 20 below wind chills and we just dressed for it and were fine. Its not like you wait for an hour and half the pussy ass parents drive their kids to the stop and wait in the car. My kid will never get driven to his bus stop. Shits pathetic. On top of that the tech in clothing has advanced pretty good in the last 10-20 years and its not that expensive to get winter gear good enough to keep a kid warm in that weather.

 

[Ear Rak]

werd, but god damn you are a young buck, i graduated from there in 01

You might know my brother. He graduated '02.

 

[sickmint79]

canada should be white if they weren't going to do it too. 1 cm of snow in vancouver and school was canceled, i was told i could stay home, leave work early, come in late, etc.