Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Climate change learning days

Up and down the east coast, school districts are dealing with the collision between the calendar and this winter's rough weather.
Augusta County had five built-in snow days and five makeup days in the original schedule.
Wednesday's day off will be the 11th of the season.
They have already pushed past the original final day of June 6. If the final day has to be the following week, when some people have already planned their vacations?
There will be pressure on state governments to waive the 180-day requirement, since so many districts have used all their days.
Why do that?
Let's make it a learning experience.
Days this week should be considered "Climate Change Learning Days."
No matter how much you plan, you can't anticipate all the weather you'll get.
Students can learn the real lessons of our weather - not speculation of what might happen.
If any schools have lesson plans on "global warming," these could be shelved this year. Weather may not be climate, but this year is a mixed message for the "we've got to do something now" crew.
I look forward to Governor Terry McAuliffe declaring" Climate Change Learning Days." Unless he's learned President Obama's "waivers for everybody" style.

1 comment:

redleg said...

Be careful, McAuliffe will adopt those ideas.