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1. POSTED BY Kay  |  February 25, 2010 @ 9:37 am

   I just got an email from Renaissance that we are having early dismissal today (sent at 8:45)
2. POSTED BY tmk  |  February 25, 2010 @ 9:45 am

   I kept my son home. It’s only going to get worse out there.
3. POSTED BY Kay  |  February 25, 2010 @ 9:52 am

   Just checked Montclair’s website and there is no indication about early dismissal. Maybe it’s just my kids’ school?
4. POSTED BY profwilliams  |  February 25, 2010 @ 10:31 am

   Who the hell is running the Montclair School System?
   Alvarez needs to be FIRED.
   How much more proof do we need that this “leader” is anything but?
   His stupidity has put every kid, teacher, employee and parent in jeopardy.
   Wait. Maybe he’s in CHINA and no one is in charge.
   Seriously, all anyone wants is to think that we have capable leaders, we don’t always have to agree with them, but we AT LEAST want to feel like our leaders have some sense.
   For Alvarez, sadly, this remains to be seen.
   FIRE HIS DUMB ASS!!!!
5. POSTED BY Right of Center™  |  February 25, 2010 @ 10:36 am

   Prof, I’d recommend Hydrochlorothaizde or maybe Lisinopril.
   And whatever the basis of the decision, he hasn’t put anyone “in jeopardy” because as free people we’re not under his command. If you feel it’s too dangerous to go out, then stay home.
6. POSTED BY profwilliams  |  February 25, 2010 @ 10:51 am

   Wrong Roc,
   For many, IF school is open, they will send their kids because they do not want the little ones to fall behind as many teachers will continue on with assignments.
   So, sure, we can choose to keep our kids home (though, for many that option is not as easy as it seems), but when schools are open, most will send their kids. This cannot be news to you.
   Therefore, YES, his decision put lives “in jeopardy.”
   And even if EVERY KID stayed home, what about the employees?
   (Also, by your “free people” example how does that correspond to the law requiring kids to be in school? What about in loco parentis? We are free but we live under law.)
7. POSTED BY Right of Center™  |  February 25, 2010 @ 10:59 am

   Prof, if the alternative is the school calling a snow day, however hard for the parents it is would be unchanged either way.
   I’m increasingly not sure what planet you live on, but I can’t imagine anyone losing their jobs, or being arrested for truancy, or suffering severe economic hardship from staying home from work/school for one day.
   Parents, guardians and employees can choose to miss a day and thus “overrule” the superintendent without ill effect.
   A little common sense, prof?
   I know this is the sort of “debate” you’d like to have all day. So let’s just short-circuit it, ok?
   You may consider yourself 1000% percent correct in this prof, your “batting average” is unchanged.
8. POSTED BY monty  |  February 25, 2010 @ 11:02 am

   I was not up at 4:30 am when the decision was made but maybe there was no snow at that time. Also, it looks like tomorrow will be a snow day. They have a limited number of snow days allowed per year and if he had called a snow day and the storm held off until later…everyone would be calling for his head. Besides with all the issues in the Mtc. public schools we have better reasons to fire the guy.
   ROC is correct here. Free choice. I bet the schools are half empty but many kids have no one at home to receive them if there is an early dismissal.
9. POSTED BY profwilliams  |  February 25, 2010 @ 11:17 am

   Ah, Roc, you run from your own little world view.
   Your idea that there is no ill effect for taking days is dumb. Or perhaps proves that you and I live on the same planet.
   Because I can say confidently, having a close association with the school system here for a long while, that your idea of a “day” is no big deal for folks is just plain wrong.
   But if you don’t know too much about ALL the folks who attend/work at our schools, your view may be different. And limited. Because, to Roc and Roc’s friends, taking a day off, keeping the kids home is not a problem at all.
   For many others, however, taking a day is a BIG deal.
   But who cares??
   I’ll take this victory, raise my hands high above my head, swing my hips, jut my chin and scream IN YOUR FACE SUCKA!!
10. POSTED BY just a citizen  |  February 25, 2010 @ 11:19 am

    Some school systems announced last night that they would be having early dismissal today. That allowed the school system to count the day towards the required quota, gave parents ample time to adjust their schedules for today and would hopefully get the children, teachers and staff home before the worst of the storm is scheduled to hit us. Montclair could have done the same thing.
11. POSTED BY profwilliams  |  February 25, 2010 @ 11:27 am

    justacitizen,
    You heard Roc, you have free choice.
    If you want an early dismissal— TAKE IT.
    It’s on you.
    Don’t wait for the school to tell you what to do.
    What are we? Meese or Men?
12. POSTED BY cathar  |  February 25, 2010 @ 2:21 pm

    It sure doesn’t apparently take much to give you a nice case of cabin fever, does it, prof? (It’s now also time for walleroo to attempt to make one of his frequent but weak attempts at harrumphing “gentleman’s humor” about today’s snowfall, I fear.)
    And do you always write in one or two-line sputterings? Did you learn that at an old-school type of daily newspaper? Or UPI perhaps? Your style sure makes it sound as if you’re expectorating between sentences.
    But with regards to “meese,” the cat in the old Hanna-Barbera cartoons who chased “Pixie and Dixie” (“Mr. Jinks!”) referred to them, more accurately, as “meeses.” He used the rodentine plural, in other words.
13. POSTED BY gail  |  February 25, 2010 @ 4:49 pm

    jeez prof, calm down.
14. POSTED BY profwilliams  |  February 25, 2010 @ 5:03 pm

    cathar,
    I
    like
    to
    write
    this
    way.
    Is
    that
    so
    wrong?
    I
    find
    it
    easier
    to
    read
    when
    I
    type
    so
    I
    do
    it
    for
    me,
    not
    you,
    you
    Wascally
    Wabbit.

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