{"id":16366,"date":"2017-01-26T12:33:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T17:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=16366"},"modified":"2017-01-26T12:33:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T17:33:55","slug":"next-gen-views-my-thoughts-on-snow-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/next-gen-views-my-thoughts-on-snow-days\/","title":{"rendered":"NEXT GEN VIEWS: My thoughts on Snow Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Wyatt Savage<\/strong><\/p>\n

All parents know we have snow days often enough to argue about it, especially in my house where during every snow day there is the same argument between my parents, my brothers and me.
\nAs a reminder, when the school board cancels buses, schools remain open, but very few kids (three per class) actually show up to school on \u201csnow days\u201d because our school has very few students who walk.
\nHere\u2019s why parents keep their kids home:
\nThey legitimately can\u2019t drive their kids to school
\nSome parents say they can\u2019t go to work because they have to drive their kids but they never drive them anyway
\nThe parents think the kids do nothing at school, so they won\u2019t miss anything by staying home<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s why kids go to school:<\/p>\n

To get ahead on current projects
\nTheir parents say there is no reason why they should stay home because the buses are cancelled
\nTheir parents can\u2019t stay home to take care of them <\/p>\n

The solution to all of this is simple, solved by me, a 13-year old: If you go to a school where 10 per cent of kids take the bus and the rest walk, then having the buses cancelled has practically no effect on the school.
\nIt should just be treated like a regular school day for these students. On the other hand, schools that have 90 per cent of kids being bused should just close the school for the day.
\nBuses being cancelled affects the entire school. This decision should be up to the school to close or not.
\nAlso, if the weather is bad enough for it to be a snow day and the buses need to be cancelled, then it is also not safe for the teachers to drive to school or for the parents driving their kids as well.
\nIn conclusion, I think schools should decide if they stay open or closed on a snow day based on how many students are impacted by bus cancellations. This would especially impact me since my Mom forces me to go to school no matter what the weather!<\/p>\n

Wyatt Savage is a local grade 8 student at Lester B. Pearson Public School with two younger brothers, a dog, a cat, and an interest in writing. He\u2019s a curler and a baseball player. This column is a young Auroran\u2019s perspective.<\/em><\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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