I'll start with a little disclaimer:
Your going to read this and think that I'm saying all this because I'm mad I didn't get my little snow day thing, Well, maybe that is part of it, but either way...
I go to a private school in College Park, Ga with students from all around Atlanta. For weather closings, we follow the schedule of Fulton County, a large county that includes many of our students.
On December 3, 2002, The president of the school sent out a letter to the parents that included information on the Official School Closing Policy. The letter said
(When they say "Fulton County has no school scheduled" they mean, a day off, not a cancelled day of school)
Fulton County has decided to open two hours late tommorow, so according to the schools policy school SHOULD be cancelled tommorow.
Instead, at around 8:45 tonight the website said that there will be school tommorow! That did not make me happy to say the least, and I was very upset and still am.
However, the thing that upsets me the most is the fact that they took the letter, which had been put on the internet, and took out the part that contained that policy. The page still says updated Dec. 3, and the signed and dated letter still says Dec. 3! Making it clear that the changed it, or added a section to it, or writing a new section would be one thing, but PRETENDING THE POLICY NEVER EXISTED!?
The reason we follow Fulton county is because the school was critized for being practically the only school in North Georgia open a few years back during a MAJOR ice storm. All the parents complained so the school said instead of making the decisions themselves, they would do what Fulton county did.
They made that policy so that they did not have to make a decision, now, when they dont like the decision that was made, they take back the policy and go back to the old way. This makes me wonder, what the point of policy if when you dont like how it turns out, you just pretend it doens't exist (and take away any evidence of its existance).
Now I DID Print out a copy of the original letter, and I know of TONS of people that saw it earlier today.
I plan on writing a letter to the president of the school, and I'm not quite sure what to say, ANY SUGGESTIONS?
I plan on asking for an official apology for changing the letter.
The weather is fine right now, Just like personman said in his thread, there is no reason not to have school. But my main concern is how they "erased" the old policy, as if it didn't exist!
I realize some of you might think I'm just a kid upset about his school stealing his snow day, but I will be in school tommorow, but I will still be upset about changing a signed, dated letter.
As a friend called me to tell me there was school, I was walking out the door going to a friends house an hour away, had my friend not called, my night would have been ruined!
I have talked to several other people and they all had made plans that were ruined!
Your going to read this and think that I'm saying all this because I'm mad I didn't get my little snow day thing, Well, maybe that is part of it, but either way...
I go to a private school in College Park, Ga with students from all around Atlanta. For weather closings, we follow the schedule of Fulton County, a large county that includes many of our students.
On December 3, 2002, The president of the school sent out a letter to the parents that included information on the Official School Closing Policy. The letter said
[Note: If Fulton County decides on a late opening due to weather, we will close for the full day. On days when Fulton County has no school scheduled, we will make and announce our own determination.]
Fulton County has decided to open two hours late tommorow, so according to the schools policy school SHOULD be cancelled tommorow.
Instead, at around 8:45 tonight the website said that there will be school tommorow! That did not make me happy to say the least, and I was very upset and still am.
However, the thing that upsets me the most is the fact that they took the letter, which had been put on the internet, and took out the part that contained that policy. The page still says updated Dec. 3, and the signed and dated letter still says Dec. 3! Making it clear that the changed it, or added a section to it, or writing a new section would be one thing, but PRETENDING THE POLICY NEVER EXISTED!?
The reason we follow Fulton county is because the school was critized for being practically the only school in North Georgia open a few years back during a MAJOR ice storm. All the parents complained so the school said instead of making the decisions themselves, they would do what Fulton county did.
They made that policy so that they did not have to make a decision, now, when they dont like the decision that was made, they take back the policy and go back to the old way. This makes me wonder, what the point of policy if when you dont like how it turns out, you just pretend it doens't exist (and take away any evidence of its existance).
Now I DID Print out a copy of the original letter, and I know of TONS of people that saw it earlier today.
I plan on writing a letter to the president of the school, and I'm not quite sure what to say, ANY SUGGESTIONS?
I plan on asking for an official apology for changing the letter.
The weather is fine right now, Just like personman said in his thread, there is no reason not to have school. But my main concern is how they "erased" the old policy, as if it didn't exist!
I realize some of you might think I'm just a kid upset about his school stealing his snow day, but I will be in school tommorow, but I will still be upset about changing a signed, dated letter.
As a friend called me to tell me there was school, I was walking out the door going to a friends house an hour away, had my friend not called, my night would have been ruined!
I have talked to several other people and they all had made plans that were ruined!
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