The Observation Deck

NO SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

Finally!

Thank you!

Ivor,
I am not sure if you were declaring receipt of news of an official closing, but two minutes ago I got a call from Dr. Estrop's secretary and Lakewood City Schools will be closed on Monday.

Kenneth Warren

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least now I don't have to wake up early to check. Does this mean the school board meeting will be rescheduled? Anyone know.

I've been flipping back and forth from channel 4 and 5. just saw it on the bottom of the screen ticker that lakewood city schools is closed.

the students are ecstatic! My cellphone has been going off like crazy.

good now I can concentrate on the superbowl. I have my payton manning jersey and they're starting to pick up their pace. GO COLTS!!

Well finally! The best part of having children is being able kinda relive your own childhood... like the anticipation and joy around snow days.

And Ivor,

Enjoy the Superbowl!!

If only they gave snow days for work.

One of the best things about retiring from the teaching profession is that every winter day can be a snow day for me, these days :-)

A fun moment before retiring, was that they were putting windows in my room at school during the winter. Although, of course, my classes were held elsewhere, there was some paperwork that I had to finish.

So there I was, in my parka with hood, at my desk, in the middle of a blizzard blowing into the room.

Which was almost as bad as the day we had that significant earthquake out east years ago. Again, while sitting at that same desk, I shook like a leaf.

For your information, there were little known government-sponsored experimental programs in several countries before World War II involving open-air schools. These schools had open walls, or windows- and little or no heat; even in the winter! In these schools, students often wore their coats throughout the school day! In addition, these institutions, by definition, almost never closed! Fresh air was felt to be a cure for many things. A number of these schools continued after the war, as well.

Ah, the good old days! Didn't I walk about two miles to school; uphill both ways?

Bryan Schwegler wrote:If only they gave snow days for work.

Being self-employed gives you the power to declare snow days.

Or a puppies-being-born day. We had some clients who had a little trouble with that until they heard the puppies crying. We missed a few meetings...

dl meckes wrote:

Bryan Schwegler wrote:If only they gave snow days for work.

Being self-employed gives you the power to declare snow days.

Or a puppies-being-born day. We had some clients who had a little trouble with that until they heard the puppies crying. We missed a few meetings...

DL

How do you find clients like that!

Ivor

When I was a young man, back right after snow was invented, we scoffed at the idea of snow days. What we would do is strap fir tree branches to the bottom of out feet because that was the style at the time, then we would head off...


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Since we have all those Lakewood students sitting around their toasty warm computers on this snow day, a word of advice to them might be in order.

As you contemplate your future employment possibilities, please remember this: There are two types of jobs out there; the type you like, and the type you hate.

Which one do you want to have one day?

As you can see from us oldsters, some of us can take our own snow day, and some cannot. Some love what we do, (or did) and some, not. Some will get pensions and medical insurance upon retirement, and others may need to struggle all of their lives.

Life involves choices, and the ones that you make today will affect the rest of your lives.

I would sugest that you give serious thought to your future on this cold Arctic day. To paraphrase a rather base expression:

Take that job and love it!

Either you will, or you won't.

WKYC has updated its closing list and Lakewood City Schools are on the list again.

Does this mean school is closed again tomorrow?

Grace, you are correct. A teacher friend in Lakewood called to let us know that the call had been made and Tuesday is off. It is all fun and games for the kids (and maybe the parents) for a day but it goes on too long and parents start pulling their hair out or get evil looks from the boss (thankfully, the wife and I can swap days). How many weather days until the kids have to make them up at the end of the year? You know, when the weather is less frightful?

Phil

It's good to know now so we can make plans!

I believe that the schools have 5 snow days that do not have to be made up. Anything over that must be made up at the end of the year.