COVID-19 has already drained a lot of the fun out of schools by canceling proms, graduations and other gatherings. Next, it could kill another school tradition beloved by students: the snow day.

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Luna Blandford, 3, makes snow angels at Hyde Park in the snow on Friday, March 10, 2023. Blandford's mom, Kellie, had to go to work at 2 and was happy to play with Luna, who had a snow day from ...

For example, a district with 2,000 students and a state funding level of $600,000 per day would lose $56,000 on a day attendance fell to 68%, according to the formula.

Southwest Michigan could see up to 9 inches of snow in places Wednesday and Thursday as a winter storm moves into the Lower Peninsula, the National Weather Service said Monday. The NWS Northern ...

The first day of May has arrived and that means continued snow across the state of Michigan. Wel,l this year it does, anyway. In fact, the setup becomes very interesting in particular across ...

Thanks to a policy requiring the school to remain open at all times, the University of Michigan has only seen four snow days since 1978. The policy is in place in order for the University to maintain ...

The second half brings a cold rain that changes to snow over much of Michigan. It is still March so when we get into a north wind, it turns cold. This will be the case for the entire weekend.

In my childhood, if there was at least eight inches, and you truly could not drive through it, you might get a snow day. If there was less, good luck. (We didn’t have so-called “cold days ...

Southwest Michigan could see up to 9 inches of snow in places Wednesday and Thursday as a winter storm moves into the Lower Peninsula, the National Weather Service said Monday. The NWS Northern ...