She didn t get one.
When the responses from the 555 families who answered the survey were put in a pie chart, the result looked like a Peace sign, with nearly equally sized colored segments for each preference – 32.6% for traditional snow days to be made up in June; 29.9% for all virtual learning days, and 37.5% for a combination of the two. For the combination, Stringfellow proposed three traditional snow days to be made up in June, followed by virtual learning days for the remainder of the bad weather days.
Responses from the 307 school staff were a little clearer, with 56.3% preferring a combination of traditional snow days and virtual learning days, 23.1% for traditional snow days and 20.5% for all virtual learning days during bad weather.
Norwich There’s no snow in the forecast, but Norwich schools Superintendent Kristen Stringfellow wants staff and parents to think about how they would like the school district to treat the next big storm.
The move to remote access learning during the COVID-19 pandemic also allows school districts to change their reaction to snow and ice storms by eliminating or reducing the number of traditional snow days in favor of fully remote learning days. One advantage to eliminating snow days would be an earlier summer vacation with no days tacked on in June.
Norwich has had only one traditional snow day thus far this winter, and Stringfellow said that storm might not have been suitable for a remote learning day, as strong winds were predicted that could have caused widespread power outages.
Norwich The phones at Norwich Public Schools central office ring all day, and later, Superintendent Kristen Stringfellow’s cellphone takes over.
Desperate parents beg her to open schools full time. Teachers, paraeducators and support staff fear classrooms are too crowded and ask if schools should go to remote learning.
“The parents that call, their stories are heartbreaking,” Stringfellow told the Board of Education on Tuesday. “They are pretty much: ‘Stringfellow, you’ve got to get my kid in there full time, because I have to go to work. Do you want me to go to work and feed them, or do you want me to supervise them while they’re remote learning?’ And the staff members’ calls are just as heartbreaking. ‘What can I do to make sure my kids are safe, and I’m safe, and that my colleague is safe? ”