Winter Angst

[Freddy]

Do the schools in your area have a "no school, no after school activities" policy?

Third day of cancelled games this week. It is typical for schools to close due to snow and dangerous roads in the morning. Alas, by the afternoon or evening, everything is plowed and salted -- quite safe.

I'm noticing some schools starting to vary from the policy of "no school, no after school activities." That sure would rescue the AD's and assigners from the bind they get into every January and February due to rescheduling gymnastics.

Is this an issue in your area?

(Florida contributors need not answer . . . )

[JRutledge]

That seems to be the normal policy all over the place here. Maybe that is not the case with the private schools as much but if the visiting team cancels school, we usually will not play the game if weather was the reason for school not being in session.

Peace

[maven]

Don't know if it's an issue, but a number of schools (including the one hosting my game for tonight) are closed today. Second game I've lost this season.

[Eastshire]

The area I'm in now doesn't do this. I always disliked it because we'd have school on days of basketball games that would have been cancelled otherwise.

[SE Minnestoa Re]

Here is no school, no game. I have lost two this week and four total. I got two back on the reschedules but since I work quite a bit, I usually don't get them back.

Picked up an extra section game this morning so that will help offset the loss of the other dates.

It's like baseball and softball in the spring. Schedule a lot of game and you know some aren't going to be played. It's life.

[zm1283]

(Knocking on wood)

I haven't lost a game yet this year for weather and no schools in the immediate area have even been out of school for weather yet this school year.

I don't know if any schools around here actually have a written policy that they won't play if there is no school. Most of the rural schools won't play if they don't have school because the roads are still bad in the evening. A lot of the time the suburban and city schools will go ahead and play even if they weren't in school if the roads get cleared in time.

[MD Longhorn]

What the hell is a snow day?

[Treeguy]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

What the hell is a snow day?

Depends where you are, some places it takes 2 feet of snow, others 2 inches.

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by SE Minnestoa Re

Here is no school, no game. I have lost two this week and four total. I got two back on the reschedules but since I work quite a bit, I usually don't get them back.

Picked up an extra section game this morning so that will help offset the loss of the other dates.

It's like baseball and softball in the spring. Schedule a lot of game and you know some aren't going to be played. It's life.

Haven't had any of my games postponed/canceled in the Twin Cities yet due to weather, but then again we've only really had one major snowstorm (and that was on a Sunday, so there weren't any games that day anyway). But yeah, the same policy applies: no school due to weather, no games that evening.

[maven]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

What the hell is a snow day?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

What the hell is a snow day?

Imagine every school in a given district having to cancel school due to a gas leak....

[#olderthanilook]

Yes. I thought that was the norm for public schools.

[#olderthanilook]

Originally Posted by Treeguy

Depends where you are, some places it takes 2 feet of snow,

Michigan

Originally Posted by Treeguy

...others 2 inches.

Texas

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by #olderthanilook

Michigan



Texas

And because Texas uses sand to keep the roads from being slippery. Funniest thing I heard when the Super Bowl was in Dallas a few years ago.

Peace

[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

What the hell is a snow day?

What the he11 is snow?