On Non-Snow Day, Cathie Black Skipped School, Too

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The last snowstorm was not too hard on all-smiles Bloomberg but new Schools Chancellor Cathie Black has not been so lucky. It isn't so much that everyone ignored her decision to open schools Wednesday but that instead of going to visit a SI school as scheduled she stayed in Manhattan for a press conference. One SI kid who shoveled his parents' driveway at 5:30 a.m. to get to school did not like the double standard, fuming: "She doesn't have to go to school, and we do?" But to be fair to Black, all school trips were canceled on Wednesday.

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By Garth Johnston in News on January 14, 2011 10:48 AM

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patsw

Stories like this should point out that a motive for not declaring a snow day is that if you do, the district (or in this case, the city) loses state education funding for that day.

Stevennnn

You need the require 180 school days to get the funding..I'm not sure if NYC public schools give a few extra days in the school year for snow days and what not.

twophrasebark

Some kids go to schools far from their homes. This is completely relevant. Very reflective of the Bloomberg "rules for you but not for me" ethos.

teacherman

This is a non-story.

The DOE cancelled most, if not all, meetings. I had a professional development meeting scheduled for Wed morning. It was postponed due to the snow. I know many other colleagues who had meetings cancelled or postponed due to the snow. We still came to work.

She still went to work, her scheduled was changed. Not news, not a big deal.