How much snow do you think is enough to close school?
by 
Da Azian Boi
ANSWERS: 16
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In PA we have about 6" right now...school was closed today and we already have a 2hr delay for tomorrow morning.
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It's usually somewhere from 6" to 8", depending on how fast it's falling (if plows and salt trucks can keep up with it) and if you live in a rural area where back roads don't get plowed often.
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In the South they close the schools even if there is a hint of snow on the news.
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Now days 6" to 8" it was a lot more back in the day.
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Matters what the school district thinks of too much. Schools will sometimes be closed with minimal amounts of snow, because of icy road conditions.
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It depends on where you are. In my hometown school could be closed for one inch, but upstate in Baltimore there could be five inches and school would still be open. But, I think, no matter where you live, if there's so much snow that people can't leave their homes, school is probably closed.
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Snow enough to close your principal's decision to continue the school hour!
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Here, where I live, 4 inches and still coming down will close school. It's on account of all the hills mostly.
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Depends how deathly afraid the population is of snow. Around here, its just a few inches. When I lived on Lake Ontario, I would drive to school in whiteouts at least 3 times a week and I only ever had one class canceled.
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The first flake and let the kids play, i have only ever seen snow once where i live.
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Here in Canada, like... 5 feet.
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It depends on how well prepared your city is to remove the snow from the streets. Where I live, anything less than 8" and you're still going to school.
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In England the school is closed at the first flake! Well - ok, sometimes it takes at least 2 inches. We do not have deep snow very often, and it doesn't last very long, so students assume that the school will close. The problems for us are: 1 - most teachers live outside the catchment area of the school, so if the roads are disrupted it is difficult to ensure the school is adequately staffed. 2 - the students are so hyper because of the snow that they find it difficult to concentrate 3 - when they go outside to play at break and lunchtime, they get soaked (snowball fights) and the school corridors get soaked, so students are more likely to slip. 4 - if other schools in the area close, the students resent that theirs is still open - and resist the idea of learning, so disciplinary problems increase. But overall, why go to school when you can look at the pretty snow?
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It's not the snow, it's the ice that'll get ya. I've gone to school after eight inches and had it canceled with a dusting.
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Oh please don't ask my kids! They would tell you....... 1 1/2".....
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Where I am we rarely get like 1 millimetre of snow. But when it rains does it pour. And when it pours too much some schools may close due to local flooding.
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