Snow Days

As I caught up on some work and spent some time cooped up at home, it struck me that it isn't nearly as much fun to have a snow day as a principal as it was when I was a kid. I suppose it's because when I was younger I liked being out in the snow and having fun. Now, snow is a pain in the you know what! Don't get me wrong, I love to ski, but we are a long ways away from the mountains and I couldn't have gotten there if I wanted to the past couple of days! However, I do know that this time of year a teacher doesn't mind a snow day as it gives them a chance to catch up. In conversations that I had this morning, I heard of a number of essays that got corrected and some other things done that had been put off. Of course, when we lose a couple of days like this it causes us to reschedule days and events. At this point we have rescheduled our basketball games with West Central for this Saturday afternoon. I don't know about you, but I don't mind a Saturday afternoon basketball game. Colleges play a lot of games at that time and it sure beats getting home late on Saturday night. We have not rescheduled the wrestling match from Thursday night, though we will make every effort to get that done. There have been some questions about why we played boy's basketball last night in New Hampton, but did not wrestle at Edgewood. The answer is quite simple: folks in New Hampton said that the roads were okay in their direction and after making certain that our players could get into town to take the bus, we agreed to go ahead. In the case of Edgewood, we were told by school personnel down there that they questioned whether or not we could even get into town. It is also good to note this time of year that some districts do have a policy that states specifically that if they are not in school because of snow, they will not have any extracurricular events that night. We do not have that policy in our district and our decisions are guided by the safety of our students. We will make every effort to make a cautious decision with the information we have available.

For those of you keeping score, due to the two snow days we had this week, our last day of school is now May 27. This is probably why I really don't like snow days: I would much rather have a day off in May when the weather is nice than in snowy December! None the less, I am sure that we are in for some more interesting weather this winter. With the weather we have had throughout 2009, your guess is as good as mine as to what is in store!

Be sure to check out the January newsletter late next week on the district web site. It is located under the high school link. We will have semester test information posted as well as other information you will find interesting. And, if your son or daughter is a senior, ask them about the guidance newsletter they were given this week. Mr. Clark has included a lot of very good information that you need to know!