snow days

While many students and families have become accustomed to remote learning during the pandemic, the rules and requirements for remote learning have changed in Connecticut. In a letter to superintendents at the end of 2021, the state’s commissioner of education explained that COVID-19 health and safety concerns, “may dictate very limited exceptions” for remote learning, but it is generally not…

Growing up in Connecticut, kids have always associated winter with snow days. A surprise reprieve from school, filled with sledding and other frozen fun. So, normally in weeks like this, children around the state would be getting excited. But this is not a normal year. With some school districts replacing snow days with remote learning, that excitement has been tempered….

With students now able to learn remotely, many schools are changing how they deal with snow days.

Waterbury Public Schools is the latest school district in Connecticut to opt for virtual learning instead of a traditional snow day. The superintendent sent out the following message to inform parents: “For the 2020-2021 school year, Waterbury Public Schools will eliminate inclement weather days and other emergency closure days by utilizing virtual instruction. On those days, students will follow their…

Students in Waterbury will not have snow days this year. They will be replaced with virtual learning.

Glastonbury Public Schools announced it is planning on implementing remote learning because of bad weather instead of taking a traditional “snow day” this winter.

Glastonbury Public Schools announced it is planning on implementing remote learning because of bad weather instead of taking a traditional “snow day” this winter. The change comes as a bit of a disappointment to many students. “I really like the snow days and get the chance to have the day off and play outside,” said Colin Nold, a fifth grader…