Snow watch

[sarahvc]

We have snow here in Sussex. Darcy dog has already been out trying to eat it! Be safe out there.

[debih]

I would make a hopeless Chair of Governors then, as nothing infuriates me more than snow days. Every one else has to get to work, why can't teachers? I appreciate Deb in your neck of the woods it is a bit different but not town schools.

Oh it infuriates me as well MM. I know that one of the reasons that the schools have to shut around here is because the school dinners can't get through. To me that really isn't a good enough reason - schools should have a policy that parents should send their child in with a packed lunch if they get a text to say that school dinners have had to be cancelled. Although knowing some parents providing a packed lunch would be too much like hard work so would just keep their child off anyway.

One of the main problems that we have is that the head and the Infant teacher live quite a way away and if the roads are bad they can't get in. However, the new Junior teacher doesn't live that far away and neither do two of the classroom assistants so it may be easier to open up now when the weather is bad.

The secondary school that S goes tends to shut at the drop of a hat (although it didn't close at all last year as the snow wasn't that bad - but from previous years when listening out for school closures on the radio they always seemed to be on), one of the problems being that school buses can't get through. However, they have a new head and he hasn't had to close the school yet due to bad weather so it will be interesting to see what happens if the snow does get bad. It was one of S's teachers that hosted our pamper day yesterday and she was talking about it and said that she didn't think this head would be as quick to close.

[Workingman]

It is falling quite heavily now, big flakes, and the forecast is for it to set in for most of the day.

According to the weather site we are not going to see temps above freezing till Saturday at the earliest.

[saundra]

all our snow has gone
but more forecast later

[JoM]

There was an inch or two around here by this morning, the footpaths everywhere and also the side roads are treacherous. It stopped snowing, started raining and then started snowing again, this time big flakes. Now it's raining again.

Tom and Joe's school is open. The new head (well I say new, he started when Tom went into Year 8 and he's now half way through Year 11 ) seems more reluctant to close the school. In the past they've closed even when the roads have been fine because the school is on quite a steep slope which has made it hazardous for walking between classes.

[Teaspoon]

Nothing here, as yet. It's supposed to snow this afternoon/evening but some of the forecasts are now saying it could be sleet.

[debih]

Its coming down thick and fast here and the roads are white over.

[JoM]

Bright sunshine and blue sky here now...

[pederito1]

[Kaz]

Bright sunshine and blue sky here now...

Same here Jo! The rain was dwindling fast as I walked up to the supermarket, and when I came out it was bright skies