ASU is up in the Western mountains of NC and our weather patterns are more like NW PA or upstate NY. (A 15/20-degree difference between Boone and Charlotte or Winston-Salem/Greensboro in not that uncommon.)
Thursday the low was around -9 (with 50 MPH gusts). The high was +1. Today the low was -4. ASU was closed on Thursday but opened at 10 AM today.
The policy on closing the school is inconsistent and changes dramatically with new administrations. The last policy was tied to the bus system. School was open if the town buses could run (whatever the temperature, amount of snow, or condition of the roads). We have a new administration and I haven't figured out the pattern.
Ken -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kenneth M. Steele, Ph. D. [email protected] Professor Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2/20/2015 9:55 AM, Mike Palij wrote:
In NYC, there were about 2 days in January when the weather was so bad (i.e., snow, cold, etc.) that many colleges had to close. The Governor shutting down the transit system didn't help but I digress. Since then even though it has been cold, we haven't had the snow that other places have had, so, no more snow days throwing the academic calendar into chaos. But I'm wondering what is going on in other places. Boston seems to be mess and I'm wondering what the colleges are doing there: are they taking snow days and adding days to the end of the semester or are they trying to use online substitutes for classes where it is difficult/impossible to get to campus or some other way of handling the situation? It seems like that south is also getting some unusual weather and I wonder how the schools down there are dealing with it. Are schools open even if students/faculty can't make it to campus or are they closed? If closed, how is the time missed going to be made up (if at all). -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ---
--- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=42178 or send a blank email to leave-42178-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
