With districts fully integrated into remote learning, will Michigan schools declare a snow day?

DETROIT – With the severe weather on Tuesday approaching, a unique dilemma arises for parents and students.

Let’s talk about a snowy day. With districts fully integrated into remote learning, will districts declare a snow day? As of Monday afternoon, that answer was still unclear.

There are many things educators have to deal with in order for children to be educated during a pandemic.

This includes remote learning, face-to-face learning, hybrid learning, parents, teachers, students and now the subject of snow days.

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“Can children get there? We only need one day to take a break, “said Heidi Hedquist of the Pontiac School District.

In Michigan, it can’t be concluded that you’ll probably spend snow days. In fact, the state allows up to six days of snow when the weather makes it dangerous or unrealistic to take children to school.

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With remote learning, we now know that children can be educated whether there is 30 centimeters of snow on the ground or if it is counted or if there is a clear, cold and sunny day.

So why do we need snow days? It is an issue that educators have been debating especially with measurable learning losses in the last ten months of education through a pandemic.

Reyonna Orr has three children in the L’Anse Creuse school district.

“Snow days are important. Everyone deserves a day off, ”Orr said, adding that the pandemic has been especially stressful for students.

Her two sons are doing full face-to-face learning and her daughter is in school four days a week to get a hybrid learning model.

“We all need snow-cut mental health … Give us a day off,” he said.

Weather forecast: 6 to 10 inches of snow tonight

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