學校e-mail通知

2011.1.31

今天收到學校e-mail的通知
The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard watch for the area that could produce up to 18 inches of snow and create hazardous travel conditions tomorrow afternoon through Wednesday morning. We are monitoring the forecast very closely, and will take whatever steps are necessary to ensure the safety of our students and staff.

At this time, all after school activities scheduled to end by 6 p.m. tomorrow will proceed as planned. If there is any change in the forecast that will push up the arrival of the inclement weather and/or produce more severe conditions than we anticipated, we will use SchoolMessenger (automated phone message and e-mail) and the district’s family of Web sites to send out an update about the status of these activities. This update will be disseminated no later than noon tomorrow.

Serious consideration will be given to cancelling or postponing any activities scheduled to end after 6 p.m. tomorrow. A decision about these activities will also be made no later than noon.

As for the status of school on Wednesday, we will be monitoring the weather throughout the night on Tuesday and into Wednesday morning; and will work closely with the Village of Oak Park, districts 90 and 200, our buildings and grounds staff and our transportation provider to assess the state of our buildings and the travel conditions. If we determine that the conditions pose any significant threat to the safety of our students and staff, we will cancel classes for the day.

The final decision about the status of the school day will be made no later than 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday. News of this decision will be shared with the community via SchoolMessenger (automated phone message and e-mail), the district’s family of Web sites and the local media.
美國學校真的很人性化，除了e-mail還有打電話連絡所有家長，不像台灣颱風來我們要自己看新聞才可以得知是否要停課。

今天接Ren下課後，順便要去問自己ESL conversation cafe的課程時找了一會兒，走在路上兩個小孩狂喊著好冷好冷，ㄧ直問：『麻麻到底在哪裡我要進去了』。我自己也嚇到了，真的很冷！當找到時，三點工作人都下班了！還多繳了停車費，因為怕自己要花很久的時間表達與瞭解。