General Chat

Hi Joy
I think part of the problem is that children don't go to their local school anymore so they need transport to get there and it's the same for teachers.

I remember trudging to school through snow and having to use public transport when I was teaching as we wouldn't have dreamt of taking time off.
Really annoying especially when the children stayed away!!!!

I've found some school records for my ancestors who lived in rural Wales and the school was often closed in the winter and at haymaking time.
Hope you're managing to keep warm
Take care
Von

Bit of both I think Joy. When I was a girl (still am really) we walked everywhere whatever the weather and managed to get to school/work pretty much on time too.

We're down south so don't usually get as much snow as you do but our schools close just the same, funny how they can all get out of their houses to play in it, adults and children.

My answer to the schools would be
well ok you take the days off because of the snow but they'll be knocked off the needlessly long summer holidays you get

Bee

Most of the schools in our area are shut (north east)
Seams strange that the teachers
couldn't get in to school due to the bad weather
But they managed to get to the town and the supermarkets to shop
snow day its was called and on full pay

yet the dinner staff were told that if they wanted paying
they had to go to the school to be sent home

When i worked in a senior school
I always managed to get in for my lessons
Are people going soft or just lazy????