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A school board in South Carolina has launched a pilot program to get rid of snow days and instead have students work from home when the weather turns treacherous. Beyond depriving schoolkids of the joys of weather-enforced truancy, the plan will exacerbate the region's digital divide for student who don't have internet access at home.
Anderson County School District Five will be the first region to participate in the pilot program this upcoming school year. In the past, Anderson County had makeup days tacked on to the end of the school year in lieu of days missed due to bad weather, but most kids ended up just skipping them, according to a local news report.
Students from grades 3 through 12 in the school board are already given Chromebooks to use at home, so in the event of a snow day or other inclement weather that causes a shutdown, kids will be expected to log on from home, communicate with teachers, and complete assignments.
Source: MotherBoard
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Sunday August 05 2018, @05:10PM (1 child)
That's it in a nutshell. I learned to drive in Maine and Vermont. I love driving in the snow actually. Where I live we usually get about 1-2 weeks of bad roads per year -- frozen compacted snow and I'm always amused (unless its coming toward me or from behind) with the 4x4s in the ditch. I give myself every advantage -- I too have a 4wd car but I also have top rated snow tires, and I drive at a speed that does not exceed normal stopping distance on dry roads. You don't even really need 4wd except for going through deep stuff -- it's the tires that matter and I've driven plenty of 2wd cars (front and back) safely and easily through bad conditions. Every year though, I see some knucklehead trying to get up a small incline with their "all season" tires, just spinning and making steam.
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Sunday August 05 2018, @05:13PM
To fix an ambiguity, when I said "And while four-wheel-drive helps with acceleration, it doesn't do anything for braking, as these drivers find out by crashing into targets such as other drivers" what I meant was I go slow enough so I can stop in a normal distance. That means I might have to go 25 instead of 45, but on ice, going 45 can be like going 90 (made up numbers, haven't done the math).