In one New Jersey district, however, school administrations have staked out a firm pro-snow-day stance. New York City, the nation’s largest school district, has preemptively canceled snow days for the year, while districts from Maryland to Michigan have hinted that calling a snow day will be about as likely this winter as an all-school assembly. While the Mahwah decision to hold open the possibility of a snow day may delight students, closing school is often a fraught decision for administrators. ADCritics of online learning who worry remote instruction is already shortchanging students see even more of an incentive to scrap snow days. AD“We need to make that up, and by reducing snow days and disruptions to the teaching-learning process, that’ll help us do that,” Hallacy said.

Source: Washington Post October 29, 2020 00:22 UTC