snow days

Districts react too quickly to weather forecasts when cancelling classes.

Should Southcoast school districts consider doing away with scheduled vacation times? With districts like New Bedford, Dartmouth, and Fairhaven already exhausting their five built-in snow days, students will likely spend extra days in the classroom into late June...

It's snowing out and schools and day care centers across the South Coast are closed yet again, which means the kiddos are home and are probably three seconds from driving you completely bonkers (if they haven't successfully done so already).

Schools canceling classes because of winter weather in at least 10 states have used up the wiggle room in their academic calendars, forcing them to schedule makeup days or otherwise compensate for lost time. Some are cutting short spring break, having class on holidays or tacking on extra days...