Blog School Closings

The situation  in which a public, private or religious school are forced to close there doors, to protect the life, health or safety of the students, parents, staff or administration. Usually this is done for one, two days or as long as a week. But in March 2020 the Coronavirus cause massive world wide closing of school which resulted in  extensive disruption of all levels of education. Thou the threat of infections has past we still face the continued possibility of gun violence

The opinion below are the result of my professional experiences as an: historian, webmaster, master teacher, teacher's union vice president and president, parent and grandparent.

Updated 4/7/2026

Gun Control Gun Control Laws School Violence Pandemics Weather Administration Closing of schools is not new. Schools have been closed before due to hurricanes, snow storms, active shooters, health scares, bombs and other situations in which the health and safety of the students, teachers, staff and administration is at stake. Today we face an even greater reason for the closing of our schools here and world wide, the staggering possible affects of any world wide pandemics and school shootings. The effects can be short and limited for an hour, day, week or maybe a month. Many school officials and politicians have in the past considered closing schools temporarily and for the rest of the school year if not longer. What affects will this have on the students, parents, staff and administration? Most important what effects does the closing of a school have on the lives, psychology, feelings, relationships of the students, parents, administers, police and other first responders. Studies have shown that the effects can and will be both short and long term. One must take this into account whenever the decision to close a school. Staff Will face the prospects of layoffs and furlough and must figure out ways of paying their bills and feeding their families. In a disease related closing. My heart goes out to them in this crisis. Hopefully this crisis will end sooner than some are predicting and they will be able to go back to feeding the kids, cleaning the rooms, fixing what is broken, typing reports and doing the vital things these personal do in the schools. In a shooter related closing they must at first deal with the trauma of the events and the possibility of both mental and physical trauma. Students * Sport training and interschool games will be disrupted. An idea might be to use this time to develop your skills and body. Your backyard and an open field is a great place to work out! Jog along sidewalks and any place you can workout. Use objects from around the house as weights and pull up bars. If you have to put up a makeshift basket to practice hoops. Believe me I did that and really built up my skills, stamina and body. *You might have to retake some courses. But look at it this way if you do have retake a class, it will be easier since some of the material you have already studied. Use The Classroom to supplement what your school is offering especially the Distant Learning Page.   *Sadly some of you seniors will not graduate on time and thus jeopardized a job or college, hang in there and use this time to improve your mind, education and your chances to land an even better scholarship, college or job. *Your relationships with your parents and peers will be strained, as they too will be forced to stay at home. Compete with them on online games (warning don't overdue this). Talk on the phone, text, email, skype or facetime with them  and show that you care. *Learn to communicate play and work with your parents, brothers and sisters. I believe if you are patient, cooperative and use this time to improve yourself you will come out ahead of the game