all schools closed until thursday 14th jan

moretothegirl · 08-01-2010 5:01pm #1

wow if only to be in school again ....http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0108/live_weather_transport_updates.html

Professey Chin · 08-01-2010 5:02pm

Those little bastards :mad:

admiralofthefleet · 08-01-2010 5:03pm

i wonder how upset the kids are

moretothegirl · 08-01-2010 5:04pm

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i wonder how upset the kids are

going by the reaction of my little sister.... not very.... there were tears all right... tears of joy

AnonoBoy · 08-01-2010 5:04pm

Where does it say that in the link?

All I can see is:

RTE.ie wrote:

Continuing adverse conditions mean that school closures could continue into next week.

highgiant1985 · 08-01-2010 5:05pm

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Where does it say that in the link?

All I can see is:

try refreshing the page. It says at the time 4:46.

4.46pm: Minister for Education Batt O'Keeffe has ordered that the country's 4,000 national and secondary schools are to remain closed on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.

rednik · 08-01-2010 5:05pm

All in all it's just another brick in the wall.

kona · 08-01-2010 5:06pm

Teachers must be the biggest bunch of moany sissys in the country.

If everybody else can get to work, and do exams, no reason why these lazy overpaid control freaks cant do the same.

Are they going to make up the hours later in the summer? **** no!

I feel sorry for the 3rd and 6th years with their mocks soon.:o

Morlar · 08-01-2010 5:08pm

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Those little bastards :mad:

zactly, now the little feckers will be out pouring water down anything that looks like a hill to create black ice waterslides for all !

AnonoBoy · 08-01-2010 5:09pm

highgiant1985 wrote: »

try refreshing the page. It says at the time 4:46.

4.46pm: Minister for Education Batt O'Keeffe has ordered that the country's 4,000 national and secondary schools are to remain closed on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.

I'm reading a 16.58 version of the page and there's no mention of it.

highgiant1985 · 08-01-2010 5:10pm

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I'm reading a 16.58 version of the page and there's no mention of it.

I refreshed there and they've pulled it. It was there so not sure why they've taken it down.

stovelid · 08-01-2010 5:11pm

Put them to work gritting.

moretothegirl · 08-01-2010 5:11pm

kona wrote: »

Teachers must be the biggest bunch of moany sissys in the country.

If everybody else can get to work, and do exams, no reason why these lazy overpaid control freaks cant do the same.

Are they going to make up the hours later in the summer? **** no!

I feel sorry for the 3rd and 6th years with their mocks soon.:o

I hardly think the decision has been made for the teachers, it has been decided because they had to be seen to do something. Its not safe sending parents and children out on the roads.... I know in my area all the roads are still lethal constantly cars going into spins and being abandoned. My sister has to drive for half an hour on a bus and the road has been closed because its so dangerous! If they hadn't made this decision then there would have been people risking their lives to come in to an empty school as so many just wouldn't risk it !

Burkatron · 08-01-2010 5:11pm

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I'm reading a 16.58 version of the page and there's no mention of it.

Yep, it was there on the site a few minutes ago but its gone!

OnTheBalls · 08-01-2010 5:11pm

My dad works with the department of education. I have it on good word that all schools in Louth will definately be closed until Thursday. Those little bastards.

moretothegirl · 08-01-2010 5:11pm

highgiant1985 wrote: »

I refreshed there and they've pulled it. It was there so not sure why they've taken it down.

it was just announced on 2fm on the news too

08-01-2010 5:13pm

Now, do all 3rd level students also have a few days off to look forward to?

spurious · 08-01-2010 5:14pm

OnTheBalls wrote: »

My dad works with the department of education. I have it on good word that all schools in Louth will definately be closed until Thursday. Those little bastards.

Can you please ask him is that a departmental instruction to all schools?

highgiant1985 · 08-01-2010 5:15pm

Its back up on rte website now

4:50pm: Minister for Education Batt O'Keeffe has ordered that the country's 4000 national and secondary schools are to remain closed on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.

refresh your page

Mmcd · 08-01-2010 5:15pm

Its back up again

4:50pm: Minister for Education Batt O'Keeffe has ordered that the country's 4000 national and secondary schools are to remain closed on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.

moretothegirl · 08-01-2010 5:16pm

spurious wrote: »

Can you please ask him is that a departmental instruction to all schools?

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0108/educationweather.html

This states all schools .

highgiant1985 · 08-01-2010 5:17pm

Link to story here

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0108/educationweather.html

AnonoBoy · 08-01-2010 5:18pm

Back up. Good news for the kids until they realise that they have to make the days up in the summer!

Muuuuwwwwaaahhhhhaaaaaaa!!!!!!

Ilovelucy · 08-01-2010 5:19pm

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0108/educationweather.html

Cool Running · 08-01-2010 5:32pm

Bat O Keefe live now on Matt Cooper

tvnutz · 08-01-2010 5:35pm

kona wrote: »

Teachers must be the biggest bunch of moany sissys in the country.

If everybody else can get to work, and do exams, no reason why these lazy overpaid control freaks cant do the same.

Are they going to make up the hours later in the summer? **** no!

I feel sorry for the 3rd and 6th years with their mocks soon.:o

This kind of nonsense pisses me off no end.The teachers had nothing to do with this decision. The principal of a school near me wanted to open and most teachers would have been able to make but the board of management (made up of parents) and the parents association said for health and safety reasons it was to remain closed.

Some schools that did open yesterday and today had very low attendences. A friend of mine was teahcing a class with 9 kids in it yesterday,out of what was supposed to be 29. The fact is that many kids do walk and cycle to school and the footpaths are lethal and will be getting worse with the snow being compacted and then freezing.

So ye you can moan all you want about teachers and their holidays and pay etc etc but cop yourself on thinking this closure has anything to do with the teachers not wanting to go into work.

Ridiculous post you have made there.

Conor108 · 08-01-2010 5:37pm

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i wonder how upset the kids are

I am quite upset! But I'm in 6th year so

Quite behind on a few subjects, mocks coming up etc.

TheDriver · 08-01-2010 5:37pm

+1, as a teacher, I would much prefer to have good weather and school on than this crap weather and school closed, what do you think we will actually be able to do with the time off?
OUr school was open yesterday and its well in country and very few in and as much as we would have no problem being open, it would be like having a shop with no customers or hospital with no patients.
I laugh when the ol anti public servant brigade come out in force!

AnonoBoy · 08-01-2010 5:38pm

Conor108 wrote: »

I am quite upset! But I'm in 6th year so Quite behind on a few subjects, mocks coming up etc.

Use it as extra study time.

The Leaving Cert isn't that hard anyways.

Isotonic · 08-01-2010 5:39pm

Lol at the poster blaming the teachers..

. They re prob to blame for the weather too.......Cop yourself on. Its a sensible decision giving priority to childrens safety.

Proto · 08-01-2010 5:40pm

Even though I'll eventually end up paying for it....

Suck it b!tches!! :P

stripysocks85 · 08-01-2010 5:41pm

kona wrote: »

Teachers must be the biggest bunch of moany sissys in the country.

If everybody else can get to work, and do exams, no reason why these lazy overpaid control freaks cant do the same.

Are they going to make up the hours later in the summer? **** no!

I feel sorry for the 3rd and 6th years with their mocks soon.:o

Are you for real?
Check over in the Commuting and Transport forum - you'll see it's not just 'moany Teachers' who are concerned about travelling in such adverse conditions.

I am so f**king angry at your comment right now. It's totally pathetic, and do you know what, I expected that there would be some idiotic comments about lazy/greedy/selfish teachers looking for more holidays etc etc when that couldn't be further from the truth.

Dublin Bus have cancelled some of their services, airports closed, people would choose not to drive where at all possible, yet all you can do is moan about 4000 schools and goodness knows how many teachers [when it wasn't their decision at all] being off until Thursday at least for the SAFETY of all involved.

I have to travel 100miles just to get to school [I was visiting family at Xmas] and am terrified of the travelling conditions near my school - bus routes have been cancelled, warned it is an ice rink etc.

The cheek of you has me seething right now, and those bravado posters who 'thanked' you unnecessarily are just as bad.

PS Wanted to add, I have NO problem making up the days in reasonable weather. I'm just relieved I don't have to risk my life [and others] by driving to work - not to mention the 500+ parents/children that would make the journey also.

Ollchailin · 08-01-2010 5:42pm

I teach in a school with about 280 students and only 90 were in for the last two days. So to suggest it's the teachers that want the time off is just pure typical stupidity of teacher bashers- the students aren't travelling and rightly so, the way the roads are at the moment.

I'm fairly surprised that all schools were directed to close but having said that, the uncertainty of whether to open or not was extremely irritating over the last few days. It's good to have a definite decision now at least.

MayoForSam · 08-01-2010 5:42pm

I presume they will have to make the time up by postponing the summer holidays?

Nothing a few local farmers and a couple of transport boxes couldn't fix, certainly for our local national school :rolleyes:.

I hope someone has kept the heat on in the schools or else burst pipes will mean they will have to close for another while too after the thaw.

Vince135792003 · 08-01-2010 5:44pm

tvnutz wrote: »

Some schools that did open yesterday and today had very low attendences. .

Yeah our school opened up yesterday. I was in and probably took about 50 phone calls from parents asking if the school was open. In the end there were probably more phone calls than pupils. Attendance was pathetically low.

My principal walked to school. It took her about 2 hours and she got to the school at 8 upon which she cleared all the pathways of snow and salted them. It nearly killed her that she had to close the school for today despite it being the only sensible decision in the interest of safety to make. She couldn't so any more to keep the place open to the point it was almost farcical.

Also, I'd prefer to be in school too. I am getting cabin fever and will have no problem making the time up.

pikachucheeks · 08-01-2010 5:44pm

kona wrote: »

I feel sorry for the 3rd and 6th years with their mocks soon.:o

+ 1.

A friend of mine is doing her Leaving Cert.
Earlier this year, she was off school for ages because of the floods. And now, this.
Major distraction!

I think schools are being closed more so to prevent people from travelling on the roads, rather than because teachers are being whiny, to be honest.

Cian92 · 08-01-2010 5:44pm

Conor108 wrote: »

I am quite upset! But I'm in 6th year so Quite behind on a few subjects, mocks coming up etc.

Nothing stopping you from studying at home... If your behind that's your own fault. Im in 6th year and delighted

Yellowblackbird · 08-01-2010 5:45pm

Apparently the country is nearly out of Salt.
But I have about half a packet (container?) in my kitchen. Will need some, but not much, for chips later on.
Maybe we could rustle up a good amount together to keep for the duration of the crisis.

spurious · 08-01-2010 5:45pm

It's at times like this that Moodle and the like come into their own.

kona · 08-01-2010 5:47pm

stripysocks85 wrote: »

Are you for real?
Check over in the Commuting and Transport forum - you'll see it's not just 'moany Teachers' who are concerned about travelling in such adverse conditions.

I am so f**king angry at your comment right now. It's totally pathetic, and do you know what, I expected that there would be some idiotic comments about lazy/greedy/selfish teachers looking for more holidays etc etc when that couldnt' be further from the truth.

Dublin Bus have cancelled some of their services, airports closed, people would choose not to drive where at all possible, yet all you can do is moan about schools and teachers [when it wasn't their decision at all] being off until Thursday at least for the SAFETY of all involved.

I have to travel 100miles just to get to school [I was visiting family at Xmas] and am terrified of the travelling conditions near my school - bus routes have been cancelled, warned it is an ice rink etc.

The cheek of you has me seething right now, and those bravado posters who 'thanked' you unnecessarily are just as bad.

State of you seething behind a computer screen.

Grow a pair of balls and stop being a sheltered sissy.

Ive exams next week, they are on. I can drive to work, I can drive to college and drive to the shops.

People like you are the reason this country is a ****ing ****hole. Canada, USA, Russia, UK, Nordic countries have it worse.

Were getting it lightly , its a bit of snow and ice.

"Ohhhh im seething":rolleyes::D:D

-Embarrassing.

lauralee28 · 08-01-2010 5:47pm

kona wrote: »

Teachers must be the biggest bunch of moany sissys in the country.

If everybody else can get to work, and do exams, no reason why these lazy overpaid control freaks cant do the same.

Are they going to make up the hours later in the summer? **** no!

I feel sorry for the 3rd and 6th years with their mocks soon.:o

Oh yeah, its ALL the teachers fault. We caused the snow

Hauk · 08-01-2010 5:49pm

spurious wrote: »

It's at times like this that Moodle and the like come into their own.

We're buggered if the internet pipes freeze. :O

moretothegirl · 08-01-2010 5:51pm

kona wrote: »

State of you seething behind a computer screen.

Grow a pair of balls and stop being a sheltered sissy.

Ive exams next week, they are on. I can drive to work, I can drive to college and drive to the shops.

People like you are the reason this country is a ****ing ****hole. Canada, USA, Russia, UK, Nordic countries have it worse.

Were getting it lightly , its a bit of snow and ice.

"Ohhhh im seething":rolleyes::D:D

-Embarrassing.

your comment is so offensive. I am not a teacher before you jump down my neck. Yes Canada etc. have it worse, but they can deal with it better, they have provisions, chains on tyres , snow ploughs etc. It is not the schools' faults that the damn government aren't prepared for this weather and that they have ran out of grit etc.
It is completely unfair to compare this cold snap in an unprepared Ireland to Canada's consistent snowy weather.

tvnutz · 08-01-2010 5:52pm

kona wrote: »

State of you seething behind a computer screen.

Grow a pair of balls and stop being a sheltered sissy.

Ive exams next week, they are on. I can drive to work, I can drive to college and drive to the shops.

People like you are the reason this country is a ****ing ****hole. Canada, USA, Russia, UK, Nordic countries have it worse.

Were getting it lightly , its a bit of snow and ice.

"Ohhhh im seething":rolleyes::D:D

-Embarrassing.

And you are not hiding behind a computer screen? Your pathetic posts show you are the one with no balls and people like you are what is wrong with this country. Well done,you went to work,so did loads of other people. That's not the issue if you had read the posts you are replying to. teachers can for the most part get to work,it is the students that havn't been getting to class and in many places it is very dangerous to do so if they are walking or cycling.

Good luck in your exams,I suggest you read the questions fully before you attempt them because clearly you have not done the same here.

Only one thing that is embarrassing and that's you. :cool:

kona · 08-01-2010 5:53pm

FAO of the "oooh I cant drive brigade"

Well, we have trains, (LUAS in dublin too). Pretty sure most here have legs. Most will have a bike too.

So there, you can avail of public Transport, Walk, Cycle.

Hell thanks to all the Moaning you may even get a lift in a APC.

I understand some areas are bad, BUT I live in dublin and the only issue is having to travel at 30KMPH.
Every school doesnt need to be closed, I think its more than a coincedince that schools are the first to be closed everytime we get something more than a frost or a shower.

In most places, If you need to get somewhere, you can.

Kenteach · 08-01-2010 5:53pm

Only the most twisted of individuals could possibly use this announcement as a reason for complaining about teachers. And only the saddest of internet warriors would waste their time and precious little common sense by thanking the poster.

Proto · 08-01-2010 5:53pm

kona wrote: »

State of you seething behind a computer screen.

Grow a pair of balls and stop being a sheltered sissy.

Ive exams next week, they are on. I can drive to work, I can drive to college and drive to the shops.

People like you are the reason this country is a ****ing ****hole. Canada, USA, Russia, UK, Nordic countries have it worse.

Were getting it lightly , its a bit of snow and ice.

"Ohhhh im seething":rolleyes::D:D

-Embarrassing.

Are you deaf?

It wasn't the teacher's decision. Stop raging at them.

Pfft your bitterness is embarrassing :rolleyes:

ride-the-spiral · 08-01-2010 5:53pm

kona wrote: »

State of you seething behind a computer screen.

Grow a pair of balls and stop being a sheltered sissy.

Ive exams next week, they are on. I can drive to work, I can drive to college and drive to the shops.

People like you are the reason this country is a ****ing ****hole. Canada, USA, Russia, UK, Nordic countries have it worse.

Were getting it lightly , its a bit of snow and ice.

"Ohhhh im seething":rolleyes::D:D

-Embarrassing.

Ah, cynicism instead of actually addressing well made points.

Dionysus · 08-01-2010 5:53pm

kona wrote: »

Teachers must be the biggest bunch of moany sissys in the country.

If everybody else can get to work, and do exams, no reason why these lazy overpaid control freaks cant do the same.

Are they going to make up the hours later in the summer? **** no!

Pathetic. If your child slipped and broke her neck on the way to school or your wife skidded into another car while driving to the school then you'd no doubt be the first to condemn "teachers" for not closing schools, for putting lives at risk and much more.

Batt O Keefe made a wise decision.

Ollchailin · 08-01-2010 5:54pm

kona wrote: »

People like you are the reason this country is a ****ing ****hole. Canada, USA, Russia, UK, Nordic countries have it worse.
quote]

-Yep. it's the teachers that have the country in the state it's in. We caused the snow, the recession, road deaths, alcoholism, anti social behaviour, drug abuse... and all the other reasons why this country needs a good kick in the arse.

I agree this country doesn't have it as bad as others- but then again how often do we get weather like this? We just don't have the resources to deal with it- but sure I suppose you blame teachers for that too :rolleyes:

Cian92 · 08-01-2010 5:55pm

lauralee28 wrote: »

Oh yeah, its ALL the teachers fault. We caused the snow

Parent are angry as there babysitting service is closed, so teachers are going to be blamed. (Naive parents think teachers are overpaid and under worked as it is) So the ignorant will continue to blame teachers unfortuneately.

all schools closed until thursday 14th jan

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