When the pandemic hit in 2020, faculties scrambled to adapt to digital studying with a view to assist gradual the unfold of the COVID-19 whereas holding children on monitor. And prior to now two and a half years, college students, lecturers, and oldsters have all gotten fairly used to the idea of digital studying — with lots of the instruments, applications, and lesson plans staying in place even after children have returned to the classroom.

Sadly for the youngsters of New York Metropolis, all of those new digital studying instruments imply no extra snow days.

Talking with FOX affiliate WNYW , New York Metropolis’s Division of Training chancellor, David C. Banks, broke the unhealthy information that New York Metropolis public faculty college students ought to anticipate children to log-on from residence via digital studying when climate situations make it unsafe to journey to highschool.

“So, sorry children — no extra snow days, however it may be good for you!” he instructed the outlet.

Earlier than on-line studying and the COVID-19 pandemic, college students would historically get the break day from faculty if climate situations referred to as for the group to remain residence due, however now, with the flexibility to be taught from residence, there appears to be no level to name off the entire day.

“With the brand new expertise that we now have — that is one of many good issues that got here out of COVID — if a snow day comes round, we need to be sure that our children proceed to be taught,” Banks instructed WNYW.

Whereas the information is an apparent bummer for college kids, dad and mom are additionally feeling a little bit of disappointment over the information. Snow days have been a legendary ceremony of passage for any child rising up in areas the place snow falls. The truth that NYC faculties have declared them a factor of the previous is a bit on the unhappy facet. As an alternative of constructing snowmen and operating inside for warm chocolate when your toes froze, children is not going to be in entrance of a pc display screen, studying that day’s curriculum.

Individuals didn’t maintain again on their emotions over the ending of snow days. One tweeted, “I was glued to the television watching the college names scroll by praying mine would come up. NYC sucking the enjoyment out of 1 childhood perk!”

One other famous that snow days are greater than only a day for youths to goof off, however moderately recharge and use the time as a psychological well being day. “Dangerous determination. Snow days are additionally psychological well being days for most children. Comprehensible in mild of covid losses as a result of children misplaced studying/math skills, dad and mom should work, however 2 snow days would not hurt majority of NYC Public schoolers,” they wrote.

Whether or not children are in digital faculty or have a standard snow day free of labor, it implies that most working dad and mom must both keep residence for the day or discover a childcare answer.

Whether or not you’re on the facet of the college district or the dad and mom who consider snow days are a child’s proper, will probably be attention-grabbing to see if different main cities start to comply with the development and likewise use digital studying as a substitute as an alternative of taking the break day for a snowball battle.