OT: Snowmageddon

[OliviaPope40 7,438]

I do know that Governor Pence will be making a decision at 11:15 as to what to do.

[Hovadipo 61,325]

Terre Haute schools are already closed tomorrow. Stuck my hand out my window this morning and I could see why.


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[LockdownD 2,251]

We lost power Sunday around 1:30 and still has not returned. Thank goodness the generator is providing power for the necessities. I want my power restored but I genuinely feel for the power crews out working in this. Brutal!

[OliviaPope40 7,438]

The governor has declared a state of emergency for 27 counties.

[johnsoniu 7,048]

Dear Canada,

 

You can have your freakin air back.

 

Sincerely,

                Frozen citizens

[Parakeet Jones 4,013]

For all of my fellow teachers on here and you students too, the Indiana DOE has granted a waiver for today so that it will not have to be made up.  A waiver for tomorrow is possible as well.  I'm guessing it might already be approved because I have already got the "no school" tomorrow text and we have very little snow where I live.  It's colder than a well digger's butt though.  

[KingPG21 6,587]

Ball State is closed again tomorrow. Kind of a little shock, as Watshot mentioned earlier Gorah usually keeps us open when other schools closed down due to bad weather. 

[OliviaPope40 7,438]

As of now 29 counties have declared a state of emergency. 

[Naturalhoosier 15,475]

For all of my fellow teachers on here and you students too, the Indiana DOE has granted a waiver for today so that it will not have to be made up.  A waiver for tomorrow is possible as well.  I'm guessing it might already be approved because I have already got the "no school" tomorrow text and we have very little snow where I live.  It's colder than a well digger's butt though.  

 

That's ridiculous.  Who cares if school was missed due to heavy snow, ice, fog, or freezing cold temps.  Unless it's a long-period natural disaster (ie tornado, flooding, hurricanes)...something that has done irreparable damage to the infrastructure the time should be made up.  Unless there's more than I'm missing, that's an embarrassment. 

[OliviaPope40 7,438]

Indiana schools that canceled classes because of weather on Monday, Jan. 6, and Tuesday, Jan. 7, won’t need to make up the lost time, according to the state department of education.

George Frampton, director of the office of accreditation for the education department, confirmed Monday that state superintendent Glenda Ritz has authorized schools to apply for a one-day waiver from the required 180 days of instruction. Later in the day, Ritz’s press secretary, Daniel Altman, told The Elkhart Truth that the waiver will be offered to schools for Tuesday as well.

“This is based on the cold and the danger to kids,” Frampton said Monday afternoon. 

He said Ritz made this decision on Sunday after consulting with her staff. Superintendents of Indiana schools were notified that a waiver was available for Monday on Sunday afternoon, via email or an automatic calling system, Frampton said. 

The waiver means that schools can escape the “very severe financial penalty” they would otherwise incur by canceling one day of instruction, he said. 

This waiver has been used before, but rarely.

“In the last 15 years, this may have been used maybe three other times,” Frampton said, adding that he believes the waiver was last used in 2007 or 2008. 

He said the waiver has been used in the past to allow schools to make up just part of several missed days due to weather — like having just five makeup days for eight snow days. 

Altman said Ritz decided just before 3 p.m. on Monday to also offer a waiver allowing Indiana school districts to cancel school on Tuesday without penalty. The waiver applies to all public and non-public schools in the state. 

By Monday afternoon, all school districts in Elkhart County had announced plans to cancel school for Tuesday.

http://www.elkharttruth.com/article/20140106/NEWS01/701069980

[southsidehoosier 5,149]

IU closed again until tomorrow at 5pm.

[bronkonagurski 894]

The roads in Fort Wayne were pretty bad today.  I feel like Larry, Curly and Moe were put in charge of clearing them. 

[southsidehoosier 5,149]

Area schools down here in Bloomington are closed again tomorrow due to temps. Road are better down here today.

[OliviaPope40 7,438]

Area schools down here in Bloomington are closed again tomorrow due to temps. Road are better down here today.

Some schools are closing tomorrow as well I'm sister is off tomorrow.

[TheWatShot 15,458]

I measured the snow periodically Sunday afternoon. It got up to 11 inches before it started drifting. I have some spots in my yard with 15-18 inches (had about 4 before it started). The newspaper in my town said we only got 8.2 inches. They must have taken that measurement on a freshly plowed street.