Schenectady City SD
Closing Early 12a      No After-School Programs, No After School Events, PK-6 Dismissing at 11:00 am, K-8 Dismissing at 11:15 MPMS & SHS Dismissing
at 12

rpforpres, thanks for posting this...i'm surprised no info announcement robo call yet...i have to give them credit for the early morning info calls though...they're very helpful to plan the day in our house.

YW: )  I was just surprised they were closing a half day due to snow.  I can't remember when they ever have when my kids were in school.

Closing early is usually a legistical nightmare. You have to contact parents, many do not have up to date numbers....announcing it early will take a lot of work off teachers/office staff.

My kids have no school...too many different school districts with different closing times...the bus situation would be a mess. Easier for a private school to just close than coordinate all the different bussing times.

we started to see closings on tv at 4pm last night.

parents should see it coming when the weather folks SENSATIONALIZE EVERYTHING!!

As sure as you hear them spew the words.....severe, crippling, trouble, monster, catastrophic.....schools will close and folks will stay home from work!!!

Many school districts - not just Schenectady - chose to open this morning with the intent of closing after 11 A.M.  
Why?  Because if they close completely the school district loses State Aid $ for the day -- if they are open at least part of the day, the school district gets State Aid $ for the whole day.  This is not something new, it has been the case for at least 40 years.

It hasn't really "been the case" because they used to do it a lot, back when it snowed more, but as we went to buses, and more working parents, it became dreadful for families to manage so they stopped doing it as much. It isn't a good policy, IMO, because if it isn't good for kids to be out it isn't good for them to be out.

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

Many school districts - not just Schenectady - chose to open this morning with the intent of closing after 11 A.M.  
Why?  Because if they close completely the school district loses State Aid $ for the day -- if they are open at least part of the day, the school district gets State Aid $ for the whole day.  This is not something new, it has been the case for at least 40 years.

And that is a good thing?!?!?!  Rape the state for a whole day by inconvieniencing the whole world and wasting money for 3 hours.  I am not suprised you back this bu11shit move.

It is a desperate thing, driven solely by money, not education, not even "safety". This is what happens when you waste money, you get down to nickels and dimes.
Actually, this could be a move that has nothing to do with state aid. It could just be that a lot of personnel have already booked their spring vacations in the Carolinas, and don't want "make-up" days to cut into that time. It would not be unprecedented. In either case, it serves no educational or safety purpose.

They should have just closed completely, the roads are REALLY bad, had my hubby bring me to stewarts earlier and cars sliding all over the place, and
they were driving slow.  

Schenectady County, NY

Friday, February 14, 2014
YWCA Pool & Fitness (Schenectady)  Closed, YWCA fitness classes are canceled for 2/14  
Thursday, February 13, 2014

Achievements St Kateri Tekakwitha  Closing Early Noon, closing at noon  
Agudat Achim, Congregation  Closed, No Evening Minyan  
Alphabet Soup  Closing Early 12:30p, No PM Pre-School  
Belanger School of Nursing  Closing Early 5p, No Evening Classes  
Boys & Girls Clubs (Schenectady)  Closed, Full-time staff report 10am No swim lessons/senior swim Basketball league postponed  
Child Program & Fam Resource Ctr  Closing Early 12a, No PM Pre-K, No PM Pre-Sch, No Afternoon Classes, closing at noon.  
Crossroads Center for Children  Closing Early 11:30a, School and Day Care closing @ 11:30 AM  
Duanesburg Area Daycare Center  Closing Early 3p, Check back for changes
Closing today at 3 pm. Check back for updates, as it may change.  
Duanesburg CSD  Closing Early 11a, Elem 11a, MS/HS 11:15a, No PM Actvty
2/13 Legislative Event cancelled  
Eddy Senior Care  Open, No Transportation  
Ferrara Dance Studios  Closed, Classes Cancelled  
Girls Incorporated (Schenectady)  Closing Early Noon, No After-School Programs  
Haven Family Center  Closed, No Aft-Sch Pgm, No PM Activities, No After School Events, Calvary Tabernacle Church NO Haven Youth Programs  
Mekeel Christian Academy  Closed, No AM Pre-School  
Merritt Dance Center  Closed  
Modern Welding School  Closing Early Noon, No Evening Classes  
Mohonasen CSD  Closing Early, Elem 11:30a, MS/HS 10:50a, No After-School Programs, No PM Activities, No After School Events  
Myers Ballet School  Closed  
Niskayuna Community Day Care Center  Closing Early 4p  
Niskayuna CSD  Closing Early, Elem 10:45a, MS 11:50a, HS 11:20a, No Aft-Sch Pgm, No PM BOCES, No After School Events  
Northeast Parent & Child Society  Open, Staff Rpt, No Trans  
An Nur Islamic School  Closing Early Noon, No PM K, No PM Pre-K, No Aft-Sch Pgm, No PM Activities  
Oak Hill School  Closing Early 11:30a  
Orlando School of Dance  Closed  
Our Lady Queen of Peace (Rotterdam)  Open, No Faith Formation Classes  
Our World Montessori  Closing Early 11:45a  
Pai's Tae Kwon Do  Closed, All locations, No afternoon classes, No evening classes.  
Parsons Early Head Start Day Care  Closing Early 12a, No Afternoon Classes, All children picked up at  
Paul Mitchell The school  Closing Early 3:30p, Night School Closed  
Rainbow Express Children's Center  Open, No Transportation, No school pickups  
Rosa Venerini Early Childhood Cente  Closing Early 11:30a, No PM Pre-Sch, DayCr Open  
SCAP Head Start  Closing Early 3:30p, No after school program  
Schalmont CSD  Closing Early, Elem 11:30a, MS/HS 10:45a, No AM BOCES, No After-School Programs, No PM Actvty, No Adult Ed, No Lunch
Early Dismissal as follows: Grades 5-12 at 10:45 and Grades K-4 11:30  
Schenectady City SD  Closing Early 12a, No After-School Programs, No After School Events, PK-6 Dismissing at 11:00 am K-8 Dismissing at 11:15 MPMS & SHS Dismissing at 12  
Schenectady Co Comm College  Closing Early 1:30p, No Evening Classes, Classes and activities cancelled after 1:30. pm Offices close at 4:30 pm
No classes will begin after 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 13, 2014. All afternoon and evening classes at all SCCC locations in Schenectady and Albany are canceled. SCCC Administrative Offices will remain open until 4:30 p.m. All essential employees to report.  
Schenectady Jewish CC Day Care  Open, Kid's Time & A.S.E.P. Closed, All Child Care Closing at 3:00  
Schonowe Preschool  Closing Early 12:30p, No PM Pre-School, Daycare Closing 1 PM  
Scotia-Glenville CSD  Closing Early Noon, Elem 11:10a, MS/HS 10:30a, No AM BOCES, No Aft-Sch Pgm, No PM BOCES, No PM Actvty, No After School Events
Sacandaga Elementary Closing at 11:10 a.m. Glendaal Elementary Closing at 11:20 a.m. Glen-Worden Elementary Closing at 11:40 a.m. Lincoln Elementary Closing at 11:45 a.m. No New Visions  
St Gabriel's  Closed, No PM Activities, Facility closed; PM events, & meetings cancelled  
St Kateri Tekakwitha School  Closing Early 2:30p  
St Kateri Tekakwitha Youth Ministry  Closed, No PM Activities, Work Camp Information Meeting is Cancelled. Rescheduled for Feb 25.  
Trinity Baptist Church  Closing Early 3p, No PM Activities, Men's dinner is rescheduled for 2/27  
Union GRADUATE College  Closing Early 3:30p, No Classes  
Whispering Pines Pre-sch (Delanson)  Closing Early 11:30a, No PM Pre-School  
Wonderland Nursery School  Closing Early Noon, No PM Pre-School  
YMCA (Greater Glenville)  Open, SACC PM program cancelled Learning Ladder close at 3. Open House postponed to2/20  
YMCA (Schenectady)  Open, No Aft-Sch Pgm, All Classes Cancelled, No Basketball League No children's corner  
YWCA of Schenectady Children's Ctrs  Closing Early 2p, YWCA Children's Centers at Washington Ave and SCCC are closing at 2pm  


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Only retards would send their kids to school knowing that a storm like this is coming.

With that said, This is now a Squidbilles thread

Quoted from BuckStrider

Only retards would send their kids to school knowing that a storm like this is coming.

With that said, This is now a Squidbilles thread

"the good one" or "school days fool days"?       

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

Many school districts - not just Schenectady - chose to open this morning with the intent of closing after 11 A.M.  
Why?  Because if they close completely the school district loses State Aid $ for the day -- if they are open at least part of the day, the school district gets State Aid $ for the whole day.  This is not something new, it has been the case for at least 40 years.

Gee, we have all had the intelligence to know that.  You didn't need to copy and paste from a news report, trying to makle yourself come across as intelligent.  If you are intelligent, tell us how a falling tax base is indicative of a city in a renaissance.  Of course, no response to address that.

Quoted from TakingItBack

And that is a good thing?!?!?!  Rape the state for a whole day by inconvieniencing the whole world and wasting money for 3 hours.  I am not suprised you back this bu11shit move.

I never said that I backed anything.  I just stated the facts -- that public school districts have opened for a few hours on snowy days rather than lose state aid $.  

I am NOT surprised that you had difficulty comprehending that.