As snow days pile up, so does the stress as educators

Published 10:20 am Monday, February 10, 2014

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The first snow day of this brutal winter left teacher Christopher Crabtree almost as tickled as it did his three children, but delight is giving way to dread as school cancellations pile up — a whopping 15 days off so far in his southern Ohio district, with more snow in the forecast.

Now, even his 12-year-old daughter and 9-year-old twins are missing friends and tired of being stuck at home, he said.

“We really need to get to back to school and some normalcy,” said Crabtree, who teaches American Studies at Waverly High School, which lost much of January’s class time to cancellations and two-hour delays.

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He wonders how he’ll get students ready for state standardized tests next month.

“I’m feeling the heat because there are things we have to cover,” he said.