A winter storm warning circled Lake Forest Sunday night as a snow storm brewed. Since the severity of the conditions remained unknown, the LFHS administration sent out an email and a social media post suggesting a potential late start or snow day. You would think the moderator of LFHS’s Instagram account would have learned to at least turn off the comments on the post after last year’s incident, but that was not the case.
Instead, students and parents took to the comment section to voice their opinions, and they did not hold back. Unknown accounts–claiming to be celebrities like Emma Chamberlain, Role Model, Seth Rogen and former President Barack Obama–took to expressing their thoughts.
User president_obama67 commented: “My fellow Americans, today I’m signing an executive order giving all students and teachers the day off on Monday. You’ve worked hard, and you deserve a break. Use the day to rest, recharge, and spend time with family. Education is important, but so is balance, so enjoy your Monday off – President Obama.”
Other accounts claiming to be parents, community residents, and weather update accounts joined in. Comments ranged from anger to consideration for their children. Others included 6-7 jokes and scenarios arguing that kids could freeze up like a popsicle.
At 5 a.m. Monday morning, LFHS administration shared an update: the start of school would be delayed two hours.
Commenters were not happy.
In response, user riley_more69 wrote: “This is insane. This school clearly couldn’t care less about their students and staff. A snow day is a wonderful thing, and they can’t even treat their students to one a year? This reminds me of last January…The great icing over. Still, there was no snow day then, and there is no snow day now.”
Other users decided to make logical arguments against the school’s decision to remain in-session. User kodakwhite41 commented: “It is outrageous, students are endangered when they must travel in [these] harsh winter conditions. The school is sacrificing the safety of the students for the convenience of scheduling.”
Despite some students wishing it was a snow day so they could have just stayed home, others were happy with the late start because it made them feel more productive.
“I think it was great to have a two hour delay. I actually got up and made breakfast with pans [instead of] just eating cereal. I also took the time to finish some homework before heading to school,” senior Matthew Kim said.
The late start had a mixed reception among the student body. Would you let this slide? Or would you listen to the comments?
