Forecasters are anticipating a major storm this week in the Northeast, and many schools are likely to be closed. And, if you are a parent like me, you have got to be thinking: Why? Of course, we all love our children and want to protect them, but why are certain storms viewed as severe enough to keep them home and others not?
The gap between a kid’s giddiness about possibly being home this coming Tuesday and a parent’s anxiousness that the kids, yes, will be home can be measured in years.
So it might be worth knowing: How is a snow day called?
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