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Headmaster Len McWilliams of Calvary Christian School has canceled many school days because of bad weather. So, he vowed to do the opposite before he retires at the end of the year: cancel class to let school children enjoy a day outside when the weather is great.
"In the late 1980s, I was calling school off one winter day because of the terrible weather," he said to The Ledger-Enquirer. "The thought occurred to me that it would be great to call school off some day because it was too beautiful a day to go to school."
On Friday, McWilliams did just that: he canceled school because of awesome weather (You go, principal McWilliams!)
What do you think? Is canceling class (Gasp! What will the children learn?) so kids could enjoy a great day outdoors a bad thing?
Once the administration became aware of these walks, they put the kibosh on them, insisting that each child's parents sign a consent form and waiver prior.
Since it is difficult to detect well in advance what the weather is going to be, and since those children whose parents did not sign the waivers had to stay at the school and be tended by a second teacher...the nature walks ceased.
Another innocent, innocuous activity strangled by a bureaucracy and the liability lawyers.
I don't think that I could manage it with my own teaching style. I need the projection screen and the classroom arrangement too much to part with them. Besides--late students wouldn't be able to find the class.